The effect of time-varying capacity utilization on 14-day in-hospital mortality: a retrospective longitudinal study in Swiss general hospitals
Abstract Background High bed-occupancy (capacity utilization) rates are commonly thought to increase in-hospital mortality; however, little evidence supports a causal relationship between the two. This observational study aimed to assess three time-varying covariates—capacity utilization, patient tu...
Main Authors: | Narayan Sharma, Giusi Moffa, René Schwendimann, Olga Endrich, Dietmar Ausserhofer, Michael Simon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-12-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08950-y |
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