Abstract:
:The belief that hospital stays may constitute per se a risk for patients is not widespread among patients and health care professionals. In the balance between advantages and disadvantages of admission, we rarely take into account the impact of the hospital stay itself on the well-being of the patient. In a society that is getting older the hospital may become a hostile environment for the complex and frail patient. Reducing the risks associated with hospital admission implies a radical cultural change accepted and shared by all health care professionals. The critical reconsideration of admission is a way of reasoning not only on hospitalisation but also on what the correct health outcome paradigms should be.
journal_name
Eur J Intern Medjournal_title
European journal of internal medicineauthors
Sbrojavacca R,Pietrangelo A,Fenoglio L,Violi F,Perticone F,Corazza GRdoi
10.1016/j.ejim.2015.06.003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-09-01 00:00:00pages
476-7issue
7eissn
0953-6205issn
1879-0828pii
S0953-6205(15)00208-3journal_volume
26pub_type
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