Hospitalists staffing levels and hospital performance.

ABSTRACT:

Objective (or study question)

To examine the association between hospitalists staffing levels and contract type with CMS Total Performance Score (TPS).

Data sources/study setting

Total performance scores were obtained from CMS, hospital-level data from the 2015 American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database, and unemployment rates from the Area Resource Health File.

Study design

We used cluster analysis to classify hospitals based on the distribution of various hospitalist contracts, and we used regression analysis to examine the association between TPS and hospitalist staffing levels and contract distributions. Hospital-level predictors included hospitalists staffing levels, RN staffing levels, and Magnet status. Market-level variables were unemployment rates a

SUBMITTER: Al-Amin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6980954 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature