Quality, outcome, and cost of care provided to very low birth weight infants in California.
Quality, outcome, and cost of care provided to very low birth weight infants in California.
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加利福尼亚州为极低出生体重婴儿提供的护理质量、结果和成本。
DOI:
10.1038/s41372-023-01792-4
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发表时间:
2024
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Dukhovny,Dmitry
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Lapcharoensap,Wannasiri;Bennett,Mihoko;Xu,Xiao;Lee,HenryC;Profit,Jochen;Dukhovny,Dmitry
ObjectiveTo examine association of costs with quality of care and patient outcome across hospitals in California.MethodsRetrospective study of very low birth weight (VLBW) births from 2014–2018 linking birth certificate, hospital discharge records and clinical data. Quality was measured using the Baby-MONITOR score. Clinical outcome was measured using survival without major morbidity (SWMM). Hierarchical generalized linear models, adjusting for clinical factors, were used to estimate risk-adjusted measures of costs, quality, and outcome for each hospital. Association between these measures was evaluated using Pearson correlation coefficient.ResultsIn total, 15,415 infants from 104 NICUs were included. Risk-adjusted Baby-MONITOR score, SWMM rate, and costs varied substantially. There was no correlation between risk-adjusted cost and Baby-MONITOR score (r= 0,p= 0.998). Correlation between risk-adjusted cost and SWMM rate was inverse and not significant (r= −0.07,p= 0.48).ConclusionsWith the metrics used, we found no correlation between cost, quality, and outcomes in the care of VLBW infants.