Search results for "Hospital variation"
Coding differences may explain higher short-term mortality at critical access hospitals
A cross-sectional study of rural Medicare patients assessed differences in risk-adjusted mortality rates between critical access and non-critical access hospitals and found that fewer discharge diagnoses were coded at the former.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/05/4.htm
5 Aug 2020
In the News
Heart failure readmissions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2010
Hospital performance on one stroke quality measure may predict performance on others
Hospitals that performed well on one of four indicators—carotid imaging, antithrombolytic therapy, treatment in a stroke unit, or discharge to inpatient rehabilitation—tended to also perform well on the other three, and the reverse was also true, with poor performance on one predicting poor performance on the others.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/4.htm
9 Dec 2020
Q&A: Differences in COVID-19 treatment, mortality
A recent study found that ICU mortality rates from COVID-19 ranged widely across the U.S. The lead author discussed the findings with ACP Hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/05/3.htm
5 Aug 2020