Incidence of "never events" among weekend admissions versus weekday admissions to US hospitals: national analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between weekend admission to hospital and 11 hospital acquired conditions recently considered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as "never events" for which resulting healthcare costs are not reimbursed.

Design

National analysis.

Setting

US Nationwide Inpatient Sample discharge database.

Participants

351 million patients discharged from US hospitals, 2002-10.

Main outcome measures

Univariate rates and multivariable likelihood of hospital acquired conditions among patients admitted on weekdays versus weekends, as well as the impacts of these events on prolonged length of stay and total inpatient charges.

Results

From 2002 to 2010, 351,170,803 patients were admitted to hospital, with 19% admitted on a week

SUBMITTER: Attenello FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4398994 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature