Disparities in Hospital Length of Stay Across Race and Ethnicity Among Patients With Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reducing hospital length of stay (LOS) has been identified as an important lever for minimizing the burden of heart failure hospitalization, yet the impact of social and structural determinants of health on LOS has received little attention. We investigated disparities in LOS across race/ethnicity and their possible drivers.

Methods

We analyzed patients hospitalized for heart failure from 2017 to 2020 using the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure registry. We characterized LOS differences across race/ethnicity by insurance and disposition, adjusting for demographics, comorbidities, and clinical severity. Effects of hospital-level clustering on LOS across race/ethnicity were assessed using hierarchical mixed-effects models. We evaluated the association between LO

SUBMITTER: Zheng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9673157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature