Association Between Patient Diversity in Hospitals and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Patient Length of Stay.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitals serving a disproportionate share of racial/ethnic minorities have been shown to have poorer quality outcomes. It is unknown whether efficiencies in inpatient care, measured by length of stay (LOS), differ based on the proportion patients served by a hospital who are minorities.

Objective

To examine the association between the racial/ethnic diversity of a hospital's patients and disparities in LOS.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Participants

One million five hundred forty-six thousand nine hundred fifty-five admissions using the 2017 New York State Inpatient Database from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.

Main measure

Differences in mean adjusted LOS (ALOS) between White and Black, Hispanic, and Other (Asian, P

SUBMITTER: Ghosh AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature