Regional Variability in the Care and Outcomes of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients in the United States

ABSTRACT:

Background and Objectives

Regional variability in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) care is reported in physician surveys. We aimed to describe variability in SAH care using patient-level data and identify factors impacting hospital outcomes and regional variability in outcomes.

Methods

A retrospective multi-center cross-sectional cohort study of consecutive non-traumatic SAH patients in the Vizient Clinical Data Base, between January 1st, 2009 and December 30th, 2018 was performed. Participating hospitals were divided into US regions: Northeast, Midwest, South, West. Regional demographics, co-morbidities, severity-of-illness, complications, interventions and discharge outcomes were compared. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify factors independently as

SUBMITTER: Shah V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9243235 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature