1. Hospital volume and 30-day mortality for three common medical conditions
- Author
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Ross, Joseph S., Normand, Sharon-Lise T., Yun Wang, Ko, Dennis T., Chen, Jersey, Drye, Elizabeth E., Keenan, Patricia S., Lichtman, Judith H., Bueno, Hector, Schreinder, Geoffrey C., and Krumholz, Harlan M.
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Bacterial pneumonia -- Care and treatment ,Bacterial pneumonia -- Statistics ,Pneumonia -- Care and treatment ,Pneumonia -- Statistics ,Mortality -- United States ,Mortality -- Statistics ,Mortality -- Analysis ,Heart attack -- Care and treatment ,Heart attack -- Statistics ,Heart failure -- Care and treatment ,Heart failure -- Statistics ,Hospitals -- Admission and discharge ,Hospitals -- Statistics ,Medical care -- Quality management ,Medical care -- Analysis - Abstract
Cross-sectional analyses of data from Medicare administrative claims for all fee-for-service beneficiaries hospitalized between 2004 and 2006 in acute care hospitals in US was conducted to determine the association between hospital volume threshold and the death rate for patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. Admission to higher-volume hospitals was found to be associated with a reduction in mortality for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, but volume threshold above which an increased condition-specific hospital was not significantly associated with reduced mortality.
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- 2010