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Impact of hospitalist care model on patient outcomes in acute medical unit: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess a newly introduced, hospitalist-run, acute medical unit (AMU) care model at a tertiary care hospital in the Republic of Korea.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Tertiary care hospital in the Republic of Korea.

Participants

We evaluated 6391 medical inpatients admitted through the emergency department (ED) from 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017.

Interventions

The study compared multiple outcomes among medical inpatients from the ED between the non-hospitalist group and the AMU hospitalist group.

Outcome measures

In-hospital mortality (IHM), intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate, hospital length of stay (LOS), ED-LOS and unscheduled readmission rates were defined as patient outcomes and compared between the two groups.

Results

Compared with the non-hospitalist group, the AMU hospitalist group had lower IHM (OR: 0.43, p<0.001), a lower ICU admission rate (OR: 0.72, p=0.013), a shorter LOS (coefficient: -0.984, SE: 0.318; p=0.002) and a shorter ED-LOS (coefficient: -3.021, SE: 0.256; p<0.001). There were no significant differences in the 10-day or 30-day readmission rates (p=0.974, p=0.965, respectively).

Conclusions

The AMU hospitalist care model was associated with reductions in IHM, ICU admission rate, LOS and ED-LOS. These findings suggest that the AMU hospitalist care model has the potential to be adopted into other healthcare systems to improve care for patients with acute medical needs.

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of hospitalist care model on patient outcomes in acute medical unit: a retrospective cohort study.

Kim Hyun Jeong HJ Kim Jinhyun J Ohn Jung Hun JH Kim Nak-Hyun NH

BMJ open 20230803 8

<h4>Objective</h4>To assess a newly introduced, hospitalist-run, acute medical unit (AMU) care model at a tertiary care hospital in the Republic of Korea.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Tertiary care hospital in the Republic of Korea.<h4>Participants</h4>We evaluated 6391 medical inpatients admitted through the emergency department (ED) from 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017.<h4>Interventions</h4>The study compared multiple outcomes among medical inpatients from the ED between ...[more]

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Impact of hospitalist care model on patient outcomes in acute medical unit: a retrospective cohort study.

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Outcome measures

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