TY - JOUR ID - 43347 TI - Temporal Series Analysis on Avoidable Mortality for the Assessment of an Intervention Program in a Hospital JO - Hospital Practices and Research JA - HPR LA - en SN - 2476-390X AU - Alfonso-Sanchez, Jose L. AU - Alfonso-Landete, Belen AU - Martinez-Martinez, Maria AD - Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain AD - Nursery College, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 2 EP - 8 KW - Health Services KW - Quality of health care KW - Cause of Death DO - 10.15171/hpr.2017.02 N2 - Background: Avoidable mortality (AM) is one of the most important health indicators (HI) and represents the quality of care in a hospital.Objective: This study measured the efficacy of a training program for a hospital healthcare staff to reduce AM.Methods: 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.Results: 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.Conclusion: The positive results suggest that this strategy is an important element in decreasing avoidable deaths in hospitals. UR - https://www.jhpr.ir/article_43347.html L1 - https://www.jhpr.ir/article_43347_4bab3d2455aaebaceb01496c88263ceb.pdf ER -