TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations of volume and other hospital characteristics on mortality within 30 days of acute myocardial infarction in South Korea
AU - Han, Kyu Tae
AU - Kim, Sun Jung
AU - Kim, Woorim
AU - Jang, Sung In
AU - Yoo, Ki Bong
AU - Lee, Seo Yoon
AU - Park, Eun Cheol
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Objective: The mortality for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has declined worldwide. However, improvements in care for AMI in South Korea have lagged slightly behind those in other countries. Therefore, it is important to investigate how factors such as hospital volume, structural characteristics of hospital and hospital staffing level affect 30-day mortality due to AMI in South Korea. Setting: We used health insurance claim data from 114 hospitals to analyse 30-day mortality for AMI. Participants: These data consisted of 19 638 hospitalisations during 2010-2013. Interventions: No interventions were made. Outcome measure: Multilevel models were analysed to examine the association between the 30-day mortality and inpatient and hospital level variables. Results: In the 30 days after hospitalisation, 10.5% of patients with AMI died. Hospitalisation cases at hospitals with a higher AMI volume had generally inverse associations with 30-day mortality (1st quartile=ref; 2nd quartile=OR 0.811, 95% CI 0.658 to 0.998, 3rd quartile=OR 0.648, 95% CI 0.500 to 0.840, 4th quartile=OR 0.807, 95% CI 0.573 to 1.138). In addition, hospitals with a greater proportion of specialists were associated with better outcomes (above median=OR 0.789, 95% CI 0.663 to 0.940). Conclusions: Health policymakers need to include volume and staffing when defining the framework for treatment of AMI in South Korean hospitals. Otherwise, they must consider increasing the proportion of specialists or regulating the hiring of emergency medicine specialists. In conclusion, they must make an effort to reduce 30-day mortality following AMI based on such considerations.
AB - Objective: The mortality for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has declined worldwide. However, improvements in care for AMI in South Korea have lagged slightly behind those in other countries. Therefore, it is important to investigate how factors such as hospital volume, structural characteristics of hospital and hospital staffing level affect 30-day mortality due to AMI in South Korea. Setting: We used health insurance claim data from 114 hospitals to analyse 30-day mortality for AMI. Participants: These data consisted of 19 638 hospitalisations during 2010-2013. Interventions: No interventions were made. Outcome measure: Multilevel models were analysed to examine the association between the 30-day mortality and inpatient and hospital level variables. Results: In the 30 days after hospitalisation, 10.5% of patients with AMI died. Hospitalisation cases at hospitals with a higher AMI volume had generally inverse associations with 30-day mortality (1st quartile=ref; 2nd quartile=OR 0.811, 95% CI 0.658 to 0.998, 3rd quartile=OR 0.648, 95% CI 0.500 to 0.840, 4th quartile=OR 0.807, 95% CI 0.573 to 1.138). In addition, hospitals with a greater proportion of specialists were associated with better outcomes (above median=OR 0.789, 95% CI 0.663 to 0.940). Conclusions: Health policymakers need to include volume and staffing when defining the framework for treatment of AMI in South Korean hospitals. Otherwise, they must consider increasing the proportion of specialists or regulating the hiring of emergency medicine specialists. In conclusion, they must make an effort to reduce 30-day mortality following AMI based on such considerations.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009186
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009186
M3 - Article
C2 - 26546143
AN - SCOPUS:84947221944
VL - 5
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
SN - 2044-6055
IS - 11
M1 - e009186
ER -