Open AccessInfluence of bedspacing on outcomes of hospitalised medicine service patients: a retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Rachel Kohn,
Michael O. Harhay,
Brian Bayes,
Hummy Song,
Scott D. Halpern,
Meeta Prasad Kerlin,
S. Ryan Greysen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bmj quality and safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.53
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 2044-5423
pISSN - 2044-5415
DOI - 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010675
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , specialty , referral , cohort , logistic regression , hospital medicine , emergency medicine , odds ratio , tertiary referral hospital , cohort study , pediatrics , family medicine
Specialty wards cohort hospitalised patients to improve outcomes and lower costs. When demand exceeds capacity, patients overflow and are "bedspaced" to alternate wards. Some studies have demonstrated that bedspacing among medicine service patients is associated with adverse patient-centred outcomes, however, results have been inconsistent and have primarily been performed within national health systems. The objective of this study was to assess the association of bedspacing with patient-centred outcomes among United States patients admitted to general medicine services.