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Hospitals with the highest intensive care utilization provide lower quality pneumonia care to the elderly.
The researchers investigate the relationship between a hospital’s ICU admission rate for elderly patients with pneumonia and the quality of care it provided to patients with pneumonia. They found that quality of care was lower among hospitals with the highest rates of ICU admission for elderly patients with pneumonia; such hospitals were less likely to deliver pneumonia processes of care and had worse outcomes for patients with pneumonia.
AHRQ-funded; HS020672.
Citation: Sjoding MW, Prescott HC, Wunsch H .
Hospitals with the highest intensive care utilization provide lower quality pneumonia care to the elderly.
Crit Care Med 2015 Jun;43(6):1178-86. doi: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000000925..
Keywords: Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Elderly, Inpatient Care, Quality of Care, Outcomes