The health system must constantly improve the level of quality of health services and products offered to the population. It must also guarantee the relevance of practices in order to improve service quality and limit avoidable expenses. A significant proportion of (re)hospitalizations are thus avoidable, in particular those, which are frequent, linked to medication problems (iatrogenics, compliance problems and under-treatment) or to non-optimal post-hospitalization follow-up. The share of irrelevant prescriptions is estimated at between 20 and 30%. This situation concerns, for example, the use of ionizing radiation for medical purposes, for which the implementation of the principle of justification must make it possible to avoid overexposure that could generate adverse effects.
The health system must constantly improve the level of quality of health services and products offered to the population. It must also guarantee the relevance of practices in order to improve service quality and limit avoidable expenses. A significant proportion of (re)hospitalizations are thus avoidable, in particular those, which are frequent, linked to medication problems (iatrogenics, compliance problems and under-treatment) or to non-optimal post-hospitalization follow-up. The share of irrelevant prescriptions is estimated at between 20 and 30%. This situation concerns, for example, the use of ionizing radiation for medical purposes, for which the implementation of the principle of justification must make it possible to avoid overexposure that could generate adverse effects.
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