Valutazione di appropriatezza dell’utilizzo dell’ospedale: il caso dell’ IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore di Milano

To measure the level of not appropriated hospital use for some DRG's a Lombardia Region AEP version was applied to two units in the Ospedale Maggiore in Milano. The aims of the study was to evaluate the level of appropriateness in Neurology and Dermatology wards for some DRG's which are at risk to be applied in not appropriated way, to study the reasons of not appropriated use, to educate medical doctors in neurology and dermatology to apply for the right level of care for they patients and to highlight some limits of the Lombardia Regional protocol.