Abstract
When the peer review organization in Florida sounded an alarm about unnecessary medical admissions with the diagnosis of dehydration, a Tampa hospital decided to make the issue a priority. Although St. Joseph's Hospital was performing better than average, it still found ways to reduce the number of inappropriate admissions and improve related outcome measures.
MeSH terms
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Cost of Illness
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Dehydration / diagnosis*
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Dehydration / economics
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Efficiency, Organizational
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Florida
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Health Services Misuse*
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Hospitals, Urban / organization & administration
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Hospitals, Urban / statistics & numerical data*
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Humans
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Medicare / statistics & numerical data
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Patient Admission*
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Peer Review, Health Care
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Quality Assurance, Health Care / methods*
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Reimbursement Mechanisms
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United States