Association of Inpatient Continuity of Care With Complications and Length of Stay Among Hospitalized Medicare Enrollees.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Continuity in primary care is associated with improved outcomes, but less information is available on the association of continuity of care in the hospital with hospital complications.

Objective

To assess whether the number of hospitalists providing care is associated with subsequent hospital complications and length of stay.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used multilevel logistic regression models to analyze Medicare claims for medical admissions from 2016 to 2018 with a length of stay longer than 4 days. Admissions with multiple charges on the same day from a hospitalist or an intensive care unit (ICU) stay during hospital days 1 to 3 were excluded. The data were accessed and analyzed from November 1, 2020, to April 30,

SUBMITTER: Goodwin JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9026593 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature