Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury: Risk-Adjusted Comparisons in an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although healthcare organizations have decreased hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) rates, HAPIs are not eliminated, driving further examination in both nursing and health services research.

Objective

The objective was to describe HAPI incidence, risk factors, and risk-adjusted hospital variation within a California integrated healthcare system.

Methods

Inpatient episodes were included in this retrospective cohort if patients were hospitalized between January 1, 2013, and June 30, 2015. The primary outcome was development of a HAPI over time. Predictors included cited HAPI risk factors in addition to incorporation of a longitudinal comorbidity burden (Comorbidity Point Score, Version 2 [COPS2]), a severity-of-illness score (Laboratory-Based Acute Phys

SUBMITTER: Rondinelli J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6013055 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan/Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature