Comparison of Health Outcomes Among Patients Admitted on Busy vs Less Busy Days for Hospitalists

Jennifer P Stevens; Laura A Hatfield; David J Nyweide; Bruce Landon

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.44261

Comparison of Health Outcomes Among Patients Admitted on Busy vs Less Busy Days for Hospitalists

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2144261. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.44261.

Authors

Jennifer P Stevens^{1

2}, Laura A Hatfield³, David J Nyweide⁴, Bruce Landon^{1

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division for Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cohort study uses Medicare claims data to analyze health outcomes of Medicare patients admitted to the hospital and being treated by hospitalists on busy vs less busy days.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Crowding*
Emergency Service, Hospital / organization & administration*
Humans
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Workload / statistics & numerical data*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding