TY - JOUR
T1 - The Link Between Clinically Validated Patient Safety Indicators and Clinical Outcomes
AU - Gray, Darrell M.
AU - Hefner, Jennifer L.
AU - Nguyen, Michelle C.
AU - Eiferman, Daniel
AU - Moffatt-Bruce, Susan D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - There is a paucity of evidence on the association between clinically validated Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and inpatient length of stay, mortality, and 30-day unplanned readmission. The authors perform a retrospective analysis of patient discharges from an academic medical center comprising 6 hospitals from July 2012 to June 2014. Multivariable regression models are used to assess the relationship between length of stay, mortality, and 30-day unplanned readmission and the presence of a clinically validated PSI. Cases flagged with a clinically validated PSI are associated with a statistically greater length of stay, 30-day unplanned readmission, and mortality as compared to cases without a PSI. This study demonstrates a strong association between clinically validated PSIs and patient outcomes. The findings have important implications in policy and practice as health care reform dictates improvement in the experience of care, health of populations, and per capita costs.
AB - There is a paucity of evidence on the association between clinically validated Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and inpatient length of stay, mortality, and 30-day unplanned readmission. The authors perform a retrospective analysis of patient discharges from an academic medical center comprising 6 hospitals from July 2012 to June 2014. Multivariable regression models are used to assess the relationship between length of stay, mortality, and 30-day unplanned readmission and the presence of a clinically validated PSI. Cases flagged with a clinically validated PSI are associated with a statistically greater length of stay, 30-day unplanned readmission, and mortality as compared to cases without a PSI. This study demonstrates a strong association between clinically validated PSIs and patient outcomes. The findings have important implications in policy and practice as health care reform dictates improvement in the experience of care, health of populations, and per capita costs.
KW - Patient Safety Indicators
KW - health care quality
KW - hospital readmission
KW - inpatient mortality
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U2 - 10.1177/1062860616683014
DO - 10.1177/1062860616683014
M3 - Article
C2 - 27940883
AN - SCOPUS:85035016002
SN - 1062-8606
VL - 32
SP - 583
EP - 590
JO - American Journal of Medical Quality
JF - American Journal of Medical Quality
IS - 6
ER -