Physician's case volume of intensive care unit pneumonia admissions and in-hospital mortality

Herng Ching Lin; Sudha Xirasagar; Chi Hung Chen; Yi Ting Hwang

doi:10.1164/rccm.200706-813OC

Physician's case volume of intensive care unit pneumonia admissions and in-hospital mortality

Herng Ching Lin, Sudha Xirasagar, Chi Hung Chen, Yi Ting Hwang

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Abstract

Rationale: Although several studies have investigated volume-outcome relationships for surgical procedures, there has been no such study of intensive care unit (ICU) patients admitted for pneumonia. Objectives: This study examines associations between in-hospital mortality of ICU-admitted pneumonia patients and their attending physician's case volume. Methods: We used 2002-2004 claims data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance for all 87,479 adult ICU admissions for pneumonia. Patients were assigned to one of four groups, on the basis of their physician's ICU pneumonia case volume (low volume,

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	989-994
Number of pages	6
Journal	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Volume	177
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200706-813OC
Publication status	Published - May 1 2008

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Keywords

Intensive care unit
Outcome assessment
Pneumonia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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Lin, H. C., Xirasagar, S., Chen, C. H., & Hwang, Y. T. (2008). Physician's case volume of intensive care unit pneumonia admissions and in-hospital mortality. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 177(9), 989-994. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200706-813OC

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