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Association Between Teaching Status and Mortality in US Hospitals.

ABSTRACT: Few studies have analyzed contemporary data on outcomes at US teaching hospitals vs nonteaching hospitals.To examine risk-adjusted outcomes for patients admitted to teaching vs nonteaching hospitals across a broad range of medical and surgical conditions.Use of national Medicare data to compare mortality rates in US teaching and nonteaching hospitals for all hospitalizations and for common medical and surgical conditions among Medicare beneficiaries 65 years and older.Hospital teaching status: major teaching hospitals (members of the Council of Teaching Hospitals), minor teaching hospitals (other hospitals with medical school affiliation), and nonteaching hospitals (remaining hospitals).Primary outcome was 30-day mortality rate for all hospitalizations and for 15 common medical and 6 surgical conditions. Secondary outcomes included 30-day mortality stratified by hospital size and 7-day mortality and 90-day mortality for all hospitalizations as well as for individual medical and surgical conditions.The sample consisted of 21?451?824 total hospitalizations at 4483 hospitals, of which 250 (5.6%) were major teaching, 894 (19.9%) were minor teaching, and 3339 (74.3%) were nonteaching hospitals. Unadjusted 30-day mortality was 8.1% at major teaching hospitals, 9.2% at minor teaching hospitals, and 9.6% at nonteaching hospitals, with a 1.5% (95% CI, 1.3%-1.7%; P?

SUBMITTER: Burke LG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5815039 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

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Association Between Teaching Status and Mortality in US Hospitals.

Burke Laura G LG Frakt Austin B AB Khullar Dhruv D Orav E John EJ Jha Ashish K AK

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<h4>Importance</h4>Few studies have analyzed contemporary data on outcomes at US teaching hospitals vs nonteaching hospitals.<h4>Objective</h4>To examine risk-adjusted outcomes for patients admitted to teaching vs nonteaching hospitals across a broad range of medical and surgical conditions.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>Use of national Medicare data to compare mortality rates in US teaching and nonteaching hospitals for all hospitalizations and for common medical and surgical conditi ...[more]

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