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International Journal for Quality in Health Care 14:429-430 (2002)
© 2002 International Society for Quality in Health Care

Letter to the Editor

The AEP in the assessment of appropriate hospital stay

F. Javier Rodriguez-Vera

Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez de Huelva, Sevilla, Spain

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To the Editor: The Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) is a useful tool for detecting the overuse of hospitalization resources [1,2]. In his article [3], Dr Panis reported results for inappropriateness of stay in the Department of Internal Medicine that were significantly lower than ours [4] (14.1% compared with 33%) . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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