Variation in Emergency Department Physician Admitting Practices and Subsequent Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An emergency department (ED) physician's decision to admit a patient to the hospital plays a pivotal role in determining the type and intensity of care that patient will receive. ED physicians vary widely in their propensity to admit patients to the hospital, but it is unknown whether higher admission propensities result in lower subsequent mortality rates.

Objective

To measure the variation in ED physicians' admission propensities and estimate their association with patients' subsequent mortality rates.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used nationwide Veterans Affairs electronic health record data from January 2011 to December 2019, comparing physicians practicing within the same ED. The study population was composed of patients

SUBMITTER: Coussens S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11791704 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature