Same-Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT: Background To manage overcrowding and bed shortages in Canadian hospitals, same-day discharge (SDD) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has emerged as a solution to improve resource utilization. However, limited information exists regarding current trends, hospital variation, and safety of SDD PCI in Canada. Methods and Results We evaluated outpatients undergoing elective PCI in Ontario, Canada, from October 2008 to March 2016. SDD was defined when patients were discharged on the day of PCI, and non-SDD was defined as those patients who had 1 overnight stay. The primary outcome was 30-day all-cause death or hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome. Inverse probability of treatment weighting with propensity score was used to account for differences in baseline and clinical cha

SUBMITTER: Madan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662367 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature