Jacopo Lenzi, Maria Mongardi, Paola Rucci, Eugenio Di Ruscio, Maria Vizioli, Concetta Randazzo, Elena Toschi, Tiziano Carradori, Maria Pia Fantini
Abstract
Evidence from studies conducted in Western countries indicates that a significant proportion of hospital beds are occupied by patients who experience a delayed hospital discharge (DHD). However, evidence about this topic is lacking in Italy, and little is known on the patients' and organisational characteristics that influence DHDs. Therefore, we carried out a survey in all the hospitals of a Northern Italian region to analyse the prevalence and the determinants of DHD.
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