التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Association of weekend continuity of care with hospital length of stay. |
| المؤلفون: |
Blecker, Saul, Shine, Daniel, Park, Naeun, Goldfeld, Keith, Scott Braithwaite, R., Radford, Martha J., Gourevitch, Marc N. |
| المصدر: |
International Journal for Quality in Health Care; Oct2014, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p530-537, 8p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PHYSICIANS, HOSPITAL mortality, HOSPITAL admission & discharge, PATIENT readmissions, COHORT analysis, ACADEMIC medical centers |
| مستخلص: |
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of physician continuity of care with length of stay, likelihood of weekend discharge, in-hospital mortality and 30-day readmission. Design A cohort study of hospitalized medical patients. The primary exposure was the weekend usual provider continuity (UPC) over the initial weekend of care. This metric was adapted from an outpatient continuity of care index. Regression models were developed to determine the association between UPC and outcomes. Setting An academic medical center. Main outcome measure Length of stay which was calculated as the number of days from the first Saturday of the hospitalization to the day of discharge. Results Of the 3391 patients included in this study, the prevalence of low, moderate and high UPC for the initial weekend of hospitalization was 58.7, 22.3 and 19.1%, respectively. When compared with low continuity of care, both moderate and high continuity of care were associated with reduced length of stay, with adjusted rate ratios of 0.92 (95% CI 0.86–1.00) and 0.64 (95% CI 0.53–0.76), respectively. High continuity of care was associated with likelihood of weekend discharge (adjusted odds ratio 2.84, 95% CI 2.11–3.83) but was not significantly associated with mortality (adjusted odds ratio 0.72, 95% CI 0.29–1.80) or readmission (adjusted odds ratio 0.88, 95% CI 0.68–1.14) when compared with low continuity of care. Conclusions Increased weekend continuity of care is associated with reduced length of stay. Improvement in weekend cross-coverage and patient handoffs may be useful to improve clinical outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
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