Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate of Admitting Facility Does Not Predict Mortality in Traumatically Injured Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) are increasingly scrutinized as markers of hospital quality and are subject to increasing regulatory and financial pressure. Despite this, there is little evidence that HACs are associated with poor outcomes in traumatically injured patients, or that lower HAC rates are a marker of a better quality of care. Our study compares mortality rates in hospitals with high versus low rates of HAC. Our hypothesis is that high HAC trauma centers have higher mortality.

Methods

The latest editions of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) containing facility identification keys (2011 to 2015) were combined. The HACs targeted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP) were ident

SUBMITTER: Horn CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9088883 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature