Does clinical governance influence the appropriateness of hospital stay?

Table 3 Overall CG score and inappropriateness of hospital stay (days) *

	β coefficient	95% CI		p
overall CG score	−0.28	−0.48	−0.07	<0.01
% admissions in urgency	0.01	−0.11	0.11	0.99
ward (surgical/medical)	0.40	−5.11	5.91	0.88
% appropriateness in admissions	−0.68	−0.79	−0.57	<0.01
constant	83.58	71.16	96.01	<0.01

*The multiple regression included 45 wards over 47 because of the lack of information about the percentage of urgent admissions of two Units.

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