High Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patient Volume Associated With Lower Mortality and Better Outcomes.
High Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patient Volume Associated With Lower Mortality and Better Outcomes.
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DOI:
10.1227/neu.0000000000000850
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发表时间:
2015-09
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Burke JF
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作者:
Pandey AS;Gemmete JJ;Wilson TJ;Chaudhary N;Thompson BG;Morgenstern LB;Burke JF
High-volume centers have better outcomes than low-volume centers when managing complex conditions including subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). We aimed to quantify the SAH volume-outcome association and determine the extent to which this association is influenced by aggressiveness of care. Serial cross-sectional retrospective study using Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 2002–2010. Included were all adult (>18 years) discharged patients with primary diagnosis of SAH admitted through emergency department or transferred to discharging hospital; cases of trauma or arteriovenous malformation were excluded. Survey-weighted descriptive statistics estimated temporal trends. Multi-level logistic regression estimated volume-outcome associations for inpatient mortality and discharge home. Models were adjusted for demographics, year, transfer status, insurance status, all individual Charlson comorbidities, intubation, and APR-DRG mortality. Analyses were repeated excluding cases where aggressive care was not pursued. A total 32,336 discharges were included; 13,398 patients were clipped (59.1%) or coiled (40.9%). Inpatient mortality declined from 32.2% in 2002 to 22.2% in 2010; discharge home increased from 28.5% to 40.8% during the same period. As SAH volume decreased from 100/year, mortality increased from 18.7% to 19.8% at 80/year, 21.7% at 60/year, 24.5% at 40/year, 28.4% at 20/year. As SAH patient volume decreased, probability of discharge home decreased from 40.3% at 100/year to 38.7% at 60/year, and 35.3% at 20/year. Better outcomes persisted in patients receiving aggressive care and in those not receiving aggressive care. Short-term SAH outcomes have improved. High-volume hospitals have more favorable outcomes than low-volume hospitals. This effect is substantial, even for hospitals conventionally classified as high-volume.