The Association Between Hospital Occupancy and Mortality Among Medicare Patients.
Journal
Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety
ISSN: 1938-131X
Titre abrégé: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101238023
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
received:
04
11
2019
revised:
10
05
2020
accepted:
12
05
2020
pubmed:
22
6
2020
medline:
29
7
2021
entrez:
22
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Hospital crowding is a major challenge facing US health care systems, but few studies have evaluated the association between inpatient occupancy and patient mortality. The objective of this study was to determine how increasing hospital occupancy is associated with the likelihood of inpatient and 30-day out-of-hospital mortality using a novel measure of inpatient occupancy. The researchers conducted a retrospective, observational study using secondary data from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, including nonfederal, acute care facilities from 1998 to 2012. Using measures of relative hospital occupancy, the researchers ran logistic regressions to assess the relationship between increasing hospital occupancy and inpatient mortality and 30-day out-of-hospital mortality among Medicare patients age 65 years and older with myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. Higher admission day occupancy (odds ratio [OR] = 0.96, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.94-0.99) and higher discharge day occupancy (OR = 0.62, 95% CI: 0.60-0.64) were associated with decreased inpatient mortality. Thirty-day out-of-hospital mortality increased with higher discharge day occupancy (OR=1.28, 95% CI: 1.24-1.32) but was unrelated to admission day occupancy. This study found a counterintuitive relationship between admission and discharge day occupancy and inpatient mortality. Higher discharge day occupancy appears to displace deaths into the outpatient setting. Understanding why higher inpatient occupancy is associated with lower overall mortality merits investigation to inform best practices for inpatient care in busy hospitals.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Hospital crowding is a major challenge facing US health care systems, but few studies have evaluated the association between inpatient occupancy and patient mortality. The objective of this study was to determine how increasing hospital occupancy is associated with the likelihood of inpatient and 30-day out-of-hospital mortality using a novel measure of inpatient occupancy.
METHODS
The researchers conducted a retrospective, observational study using secondary data from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, including nonfederal, acute care facilities from 1998 to 2012. Using measures of relative hospital occupancy, the researchers ran logistic regressions to assess the relationship between increasing hospital occupancy and inpatient mortality and 30-day out-of-hospital mortality among Medicare patients age 65 years and older with myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia.
RESULTS
Higher admission day occupancy (odds ratio [OR] = 0.96, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.94-0.99) and higher discharge day occupancy (OR = 0.62, 95% CI: 0.60-0.64) were associated with decreased inpatient mortality. Thirty-day out-of-hospital mortality increased with higher discharge day occupancy (OR=1.28, 95% CI: 1.24-1.32) but was unrelated to admission day occupancy.
CONCLUSION
This study found a counterintuitive relationship between admission and discharge day occupancy and inpatient mortality. Higher discharge day occupancy appears to displace deaths into the outpatient setting. Understanding why higher inpatient occupancy is associated with lower overall mortality merits investigation to inform best practices for inpatient care in busy hospitals.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32563625
pii: S1553-7250(20)30106-9
doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2020.05.003
pmc: PMC7483708
mid: NIHMS1605130
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
506-515Subventions
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R21 AG043739
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 The Joint Commission. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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