旗舰医院及其附属医院老年医疗患者的死亡率
Siddharth Jain1, Paul R Rosenbaum2,3, Joseph G Reiter4
1Center for Outcomes Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2716 South Street, Suite 5140, Philadelphia, PA, 19146-2305, USA. sid.jain@yale.edu.
Journal of general internal medicine
|December 12, 2023
概括
在旗舰医院及其附属医院接受治疗的患者与该系统以外的患者相比,死亡率较低. 然而,旗舰医院比其附属医院有更大的死亡率优势.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 医院的质量 医院的质量
- 患者的治疗结果.
背景情况:
- 将旗舰医院定义为一个地区内最大的学术医院,旗舰系统定义为这些医院及其附属机构.
- 突出了在旗舰系统之外但在同一地区的附属医院入院的患者和在旗舰系统之外的患者的未知比较结果.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较在旗舰医院及其附属医院接受治疗的患者与在旗舰系统之外但在同一医院转诊区域内的匹配对照患者之间的死亡率.
主要方法:
- 一项匹配的队列研究分析了2018-2019年期间因肺炎,心力衰竭和急性心肌梗塞住院的医疗保险住院情况.
- 包括66岁及以上的患者,比较35家旗舰医院,124家附属医院和793家控制医院.
- 主要终点是30天全因死亡率,90天死亡率作为次要终点.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,旗舰系统中的患者30天死亡率较低 (-0.62%,P<0.001).
- 关联医院的死亡率降低较小 (-0.43%,P=0.008),而不是旗舰医院的死亡率降低 (-1.02%,P<0.001).
- 显著的差异差异表明旗舰医院比附属医院有更大的优势 (-0.59%,P=0.033). 在90天死亡率方面也观察到类似的趋势.
结论:
- 在旗舰医院,其附属医院和整个旗舰系统接受治疗的患者的死亡率低于同一地区的匹配对照组.
- 与旗舰医院的附属医院相比,旗舰医院的死亡率益处更为明显.
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