Role of Hospital Connectedness in Brain Metastasis Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although patients with brain metastases receive interdisciplinary and multi-institutional care, the association between neuro-oncologic care networks and patient outcomes remains unknown. As patients often interact with multiple facilities, quantifying this association across a network of hospitals is critical to capture the complexity of the health care journey for patients with brain metastases.

Objective

To evaluate how statewide health care network metrics are associated with inpatient mortality and hospital length of stay (LOS) for patients with brain metastases.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter, statewide cohort study used data from the 2018 to 2019 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient and Emergency Department Data

SUBMITTER: Tong L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420690 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature