Abstract
Background Hospital-acquired diagnoses (HAD) not only lengthen inpatients’ recovery times but also incur significant additional costs of care. The focus of previous research has been on ‘highly preventable’ indicator conditions and the cost of individual episodes, rather than on the entire spectrum of unintentional patient harm. As well, little attention has been paid to the frequency of HADs and resulting total costs.
Highlights
Hospital-acquired diagnoses (HAD) lengthen inpatients’ recovery times and incur significant additional costs of care
Little attention has been paid to the frequency of HADs and resulting total costs
Nearly a quarter of the sample (23.9%) had at least one recorded hospital-acquired diagnosis
Summary
Hospital-acquired diagnoses (HAD) lengthen inpatients’ recovery times and incur significant additional costs of care. The focus of previous research has been on ‘highly preventable’ indicator conditions and the cost of individual episodes, rather than on the entire spectrum of unintentional patient harm. Little attention has been paid to the frequency of HADs and resulting total costs
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