Newborns With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Are Concentrated in Poorer-Quality Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the extent to which newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) are concentrated in some hospitals as compared with newborns without NAS and whether care quality and safety differed among these hospitals. We hypothesized that newborns with NAS would be cared for in poorer-quality hospitals.

Methods

Secondary analysis of 3 2016 data sets: (1) the panel study of effects of changes in nursing on patient outcomes-US survey of hospital registered nurses regarding work conditions and safety, (2) inpatient discharge abstracts, and (3) the American Hospital Association annual survey. Newborns in 266 hospitals from the 4 states where the panel study of effects of changes in nursing on patient outcomes was conducted were included. We used Lorenz curves to

SUBMITTER: Lake ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120655 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature