Quality control of hospitals and its effect on hospitalized fatality rate of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: The reported fatality rate of COVID-19 was significantly differ between different countries, provinces in a country, and hospitals in a province. It is important to find and analysed the source of variation in fatality rates to control future epidemics of infection disease. This study propose an approach to investigates the hospital quality of care and its impact on the in-hospital fatality rates of COVID-19 among over 30 years old patients in Iran. The study included 78,217 COVID-19 hospitalized patients over 30 years old from 34 hospitals in Razavi Khorasan province between January 20, 2020, and June 20, 2021. Attribute control charts were employed to evaluate the quality of care in hospitals during four peaks of COVID-19. To account for the impact of hospital quality on in-hospital fata

SUBMITTER: Tabesh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11814373 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature