Association of Academic Medical Center Presence With Clinical Outcomes at Neighboring Community Hospitals Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Studies suggest that academic medical centers (AMCs) have better outcomes than nonteaching hospitals. However, whether AMCs have spillover benefits for patients treated at neighboring community hospitals is unknown.

Objective

To examine whether market-level AMC presence is associated with outcomes for patients treated at nonteaching hospitals within the same markets.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, population-based cohort study assessed traditional Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older discharged from US acute care hospitals between 2015 and 2017 (100% sample). Data were analyzed from August 2021 to December 2022.

Exposures

The primary exposure was market-level AMC presence. Health care markets (ie, hospital referral re

SUBMITTER: Burke LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9892959 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature