Insurance Coverage Predicts Mortality in Patients Transferred Between Hospitals: a Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients transferred between hospitals are at high risk of adverse events and mortality. The relationship between insurance status, transfer practices, and outcomes has not been definitively characterized.

Objective

To identify the association between insurance coverage and mortality of patients transferred between hospitals.

Design

We conducted a single-institution observational study, and validated results using a national administrative database of inter-hospital transfers.

Setting

Three ICUs at an academic tertiary care center validated by a nationally representative sample of inter-hospital transfers.

Patients

The single-institution analysis included 652 consecutive patients transferred from 57 hospitals between 2011 and 2012. The adminis

SUBMITTER: Usher MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258597 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature