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小児再入院の罹患率と病院間の変動性
Jay G Berry1, Sara L Toomey, Alan M Zaslavsky
1Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jay.berry@childrens.harvard.edu
JAMA
|January 24, 2013
まとめ
小児再入院率は,子どもの病院によって著しく異なるが,高率の病院では,低率の病院よりも調整された30日間の再入院率が28.6%高い. これらの発見は,小児科医療の質向上のための機会を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 小児保健医療の質について
- 病院再入院調査研究
- 医療サービス 研究 医療サービス
背景:
- 再入院率は,病院医療の質の重要なパフォーマンス指標として機能します.
- 小児再入院の変動を理解することは,対象を絞った質改善イニシアチブにとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 小児再入院の有病率を評価する.
- 子どもの病院の間で30日間の小児再入院率の変動を定量化するために.
主な方法:
- 2009年7月から2010年6月までの72の小児病院で568,845件の小児入院を分析した.
- 階層的な回帰モデルを使用して,調整された30日再入院率を推定し,患者の年齢と慢性疾患をコントロールしました.
- 病院は,平均に対して調整されたレートに基づいて,再入院率が高いか低いかとして分類されました.
主要な成果:
- 整体的に,入院児の30日再入院率は6.5%であった.
- 再入院率が高い病院は,再入院率が低い病院 (7.2%対5.6%) よりも調整されたレートが28.6%高かった.
- 特定の診断の有意な変動が観察され,高再入院病院では,調整された比率が17.0%から66.0%高いことが示されました.
結論:
- 小児患者の6.5%は,計画外30日間の再入院を経験した.
- 様々な小児疾患や医療施設において,再入院率の大きな格差が存在します.
- これらの発見は,小児科医療の質を向上させ,再入院を減らすことを目的とした病院に貴重なデータを提供します.
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