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The cost of a hospitalization was higher at a major teaching hospital than a nonteaching hospital, but physician costs and 30-day postacute care costs were lower, according to an analysis of common medical and surgical conditions among Medicare patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/12/1.htm
12 Jun 2019
March 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/
Risk adjustment, costs of care
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/in-the-news.htm
15 Mar 2019
Better outcomes from treatment of sickle cell crisis at infusion centers vs. EDs
Adults with sickle cell disease who received treatment for uncomplicated vaso-occlusive crises in an infusion center received pain medication twice as fast and had four times greater odds of being discharged home compared to those treated in an ED.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/14/4.htm
14 Jul 2021
March 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/
September 27, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/
Approval delays for high-cost OPAT common, associated with discharge to subacute care
Almost a third of patients who were prescribed outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) with daptomycin, ceftaroline, ertapenem, or a beta-lactam beta-lactamase inhibitor combination had to wait more than a day for prior authorization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/2.htm
6 Nov 2019
Risk adjustment for more patient, population characteristics could reduce readmission penalties
Researchers assessed the impact of adjusting for hospitals' cumulative chronic disease burden; quantity of patients who were dual-eligible, disabled, or long-term nursing home residents; and other area-level socioeconomic variables.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/26/4.htm
26 Sep 2018
Opioid initiation, continuity, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2019
Medicare patients had higher 30-day mortality when treated by older vs. younger hospitalists, study finds
The association was driven primarily by physicians who treated low to medium numbers of patients, and higher patient volume seemed to provide a protective effect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/1.htm
24 May 2017