Hospital volume and operative mortality in the modern era

To determine whether the relationship between hospital volume and mortality has changed over time. It is generally accepted that hospital volume is associated with mortality in high-risk procedures. However, as surgical safety has improved over the last decade, recent evidence has suggested that the...

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Vydáno v:Annals of surgery Ročník 260; číslo 2; s. 244
Hlavní autoři: Reames, Bradley N, Ghaferi, Amir A, Birkmeyer, John D, Dimick, Justin B
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States 01.08.2014
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Clinical Competence
Female
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Male
Medicare - statistics & numerical data
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Surgical Procedures, Operative - mortality
United States - epidemiology
Workload - statistics & numerical data
United States
ISSN:1528-1140, 1528-1140
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Shrnutí:To determine whether the relationship between hospital volume and mortality has changed over time. It is generally accepted that hospital volume is associated with mortality in high-risk procedures. However, as surgical safety has improved over the last decade, recent evidence has suggested that the inverse relationship has diminished or been eliminated. Using national Medicare claims data from 2000 through 2009, we examined mortality among 3,282,127 patients who underwent 1 of 8 gastrointestinal, cardiac, or vascular procedures. Hospitals were stratified into quintiles of operative volume. Using multivariable logistic regression models to adjust for patient characteristics, we examined the relationship between hospital volume and mortality, and assessed for changes over time. We performed sensitivity analyses using hierarchical logistic regression modeling with hospital-level random effects to confirm our results. Throughout the 10-year period, a significant inverse relationship was observed in all procedures. In 5 of the 8 procedures studied, the strength of the volume-outcome relationship increased over time. In esophagectomy, for example, the adjusted odds ratio of mortality in very low volume hospitals compared to very high volume hospitals increased from 2.25 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.57-3.23] in 2000-2001 to 3.68 (95% CI: 2.66-5.11) in 2008-2009. Only pancreatectomy showed a notable decrease in strength of the relationship over time, from 5.83 (95% CI: 3.64-9.36) in 2000-2001, to 3.08 (95% CI: 2.07-4.57) in 2008-2009. For all procedures examined, higher volume hospitals had significantly lower mortality rates than lower volume hospitals. Despite recent improvements in surgical safety, the strong inverse relationship between hospital volume and mortality persists in the modern era.
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ISSN:1528-1140
1528-1140
DOI:10.1097/SLA.0000000000000375