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- Title
A Retrospective Cohort Study of the Effect of Hospitalist-Directed Transfers on Patient Flow.
- Authors
Chen, Yihan; Saini, Inderpreet; Patel, Shivani K.; Wilhalme, Holly; Miller, William D.; Quinn, Roswell
- Abstract
In the hospital LOS analysis, recent hospitalization, the Elixhauser scores, and significant events were significant predictors of hospital LOS. Additionally, of those who were readmitted in 30 days, in the univariate analysis, 52.94% of transfers to the affiliated hospital during the index hospitalization returned to the affiliated hospital ER while 82.9% of those who declined transfer returned to the reference hospital ( I p i < 0.001). In our program, these transfers were not associated with higher rates of significant events, longer hospital LOS, or 30-day readmission rates compared with patients remaining at the reference hospital.
- Subjects
HOSPITALISTS; COHORT analysis; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; HOSPITAL emergency services; RETROSPECTIVE studies; PATIENT readmissions
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 10, p1968
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-019-05072-w