Variation in COVID-19 Mortality Across 117 US Hospitals in High- and Low-Burden Settings.

TitleVariation in COVID-19 Mortality Across 117 US Hospitals in High- and Low-Burden Settings.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsBlock, BL, Martin, TM, W Boscardin, J, Covinsky, KE, Mourad, M, Hu, LL, Smith, AK
JournalJ Hosp Med
Volume16
Issue4
Pagination215-218
Date Published2021 Apr
ISSN1553-5606
KeywordsAged, Comorbidity, COVID-19, Female, Hospital Bed Capacity, Hospital Mortality, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, United States
Abstract

Some hospitals have faced a surge of patients with COVID-19, while others have not. We assessed whether COVID-19 burden (number of patients with COVID-19 admitted during April 2020 divided by hospital certified bed count) was associated with mortality in a large sample of US hospitals. Our study population included 14,226 patients with COVID-19 (median age 66 years, 45.2% women) at 117 hospitals, of whom 20.9% had died at 5 weeks of follow-up. At the hospital level, the observed mortality ranged from 0% to 44.4%. After adjustment for age, sex, and comorbidities, the adjusted odds ratio for in-hospital death in the highest quintile of burden was 1.46 (95% CI, 1.07-2.00) compared to all other quintiles. Still, there was large variability in outcomes, even among hospitals with a similar level of COVID-19 burden and after adjusting for age, sex, and comorbidities.

DOI10.12788/jhm.3612
Alternate JournalJ Hosp Med
PubMed ID33734977
PubMed Central IDPMC8025591
Grant ListP01 AG066605 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
P30 AG044281 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States