Physician-Level Variation in Outcomes of Mechanically Ventilated Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Physicians are increasingly being held accountable for patient outcomes, yet their specific contribution to the outcomes remains uncertain.

Objectives

To determine variation in outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients among intensivists, as well as associations between intensivist experience and patient outcomes.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of mechanically ventilated Medicare fee-for-service patients in acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania using administrative, clinical, and physician data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association from 2008 and 2009. We identified intensivists by training background, board certification, and claims for services provided to patients admitted to an intensive

SUBMITTER: Kerlin MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880524 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature