Intensity of hospital resource use following traumatic brain injury: a multicentre cohort study, 2013-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The knowledge gap regarding acute care resource use for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) impedes efforts to improve the efficiency and quality of the care of these patients. Our objective was to evaluate interhospital variation in resource use for patients with TBI, identify determinants of high resource use and assess the association between hospital resource use and clinical outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a multicentre retrospective cohort study including patients aged 16 years and older admitted to the inclusive trauma system of Quebec following TBI, between 2013 and 2016. We estimated resource use using activity-based costs. Clinical outcomes included mortality, complications and unplanned hospital readmission. Interhospital variation was evaluated u

SUBMITTER: Assy C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8900743 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature