全国对一般儿科住院病房关闭和开放的分析,2011-2018年
Carolyn M San Soucie1, Nancy D Beaulieu2, Jason D Buxbaum1
1Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hospital pediatrics
|October 2, 2024
概括
在全国范围内,一般儿科住院病房的关闭率高于开放率. 拥有较大系统的医院的关闭次数较少,而财务困境并没有显著影响关闭率. 这影响了儿科护理的准入.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 儿科卫生服务研究 儿童卫生服务研究
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 了解儿科住院病房 (GPI) 关闭和开放的趋势对于评估获得儿科护理至关重要.
- 影响这些变化的因素,如医院的财务状况和所有权结构,需要详细调查.
研究的目的:
- 分析全国和各州一般儿科住院病房 (GPI) 关闭和开放单位的频率和净率.
- 为了确定由GPI驱动的关闭/开放的比例,单位特定的变化与医院一级的变化.
- 检查医院财务状况,系统所有权和GPI单位关闭或开放之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 利用了卫生系统和提供者数据库 (2011-2018) 和其他医院关闭数据.
- 计算了GPI单位关闭和开放的净变化率.
- 使用多项物流回归来评估财务困难,系统所有权和GPI单元关闭/开放可能性之间的关联,控制医院特征.
主要成果:
- 观察到的净关闭率为2.0%,其中15.7%的GPI单位关闭,而13.7%的开放.
- 大多数关闭的GPI单位 (89.0%) 发生在继续运营的医院.
- 系统拥有的医院关闭GPI单位的可能性明显低 (OR:0.66),而财务困境不是一个显著的因素 (OR:1.01).
结论:
- 在研究期间,更多的一般儿科住院病房关闭而不是开放,主要是在仍在运营的医院中.
- 医院系统的所有权,而不是整体的财务困境,与GPI单位关闭的可能性较低有关.
- 结果表明,系统附属可能缓冲GPI单位关闭,影响儿科服务的分配.
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