Temporal Series Analysis on Avoidable Mortality for the Assessment of an Intervention Program in a Hospital

• Main Authors: Jose Alfonso-Sanchez, Belen Alfonso-Landete, Maria Martinez-Martinez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences 2017-02-01
• Series: Hospital Practices and Research
• Subjects: Health Services; Quality of health care; Cause of Death
• Online Access: http://www.jhpr.ir/article_43347_4bab3d2455aaebaceb01496c88263ceb.pdf

<strong>Background:</strong> Avoidable mortality (AM) is one of the most important health indicators (HI) and represents the quality of care in a hospital.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> This study measured the efficacy of a training program for a hospital healthcare staff to reduce AM.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> This epidemiological study on community intervention analyzed time-series data on HI by semesters from 2008 to 2015. The pre-intervention phase was examined from January 2008 to December 2014; the intervention phase was investigated in the first semester of 2015; and the post-intervention phase was examined in the second semester of 2015.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> Resindicate a series with a rising tendency until the 14th semester and a pronounced descent in the 16th semester. The relative variation rate (RVR) was -20% to +20% with some exceptions. HI was 0.53% in the 16th semester rather than the expected 0.70% observed in the pre-intervention phase; therefore, 0.17% additional deaths were avoided because of the training seminar.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The positive results suggest that this strategy is an important element in decreasing avoidable deaths in hospitals.