March 19, 2021

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

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): health care setting

• Patients admitted to the most COVID-19 burdened hospitals had increased mortality compared to non-burdened hospitals, according to an analysis of patient admission data (n=14,226 patients) from an administrative database in April 2020. As of June 2020, 21% of all patients admitted with a COVID-19 diagnosis had died, and 1% remained hospitalized. At the hospital level, the observed mortality ranged from 0% to 44% (23% in the highest burden quintile). After adjustment for age, sex and comorbidities, the odds of in-hospital death in the most burdened hospitals was 1.5-times that of hospitals in the bottom four quintiles of burden.  

Block et al. (Mar 2021). Variation in COVID-19 Mortality Across 117 US Hospitals in High- and Low-Burden Settings. Journal of Hospital Medicine. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33734977