Study Finds Survival Rates Higher at Teaching Hospitals

Author Debbe Geiger Overview If you ’re hospitalized for a common medical condition or surgical procedure, your chance of surviving is better if your care is provided at a major teaching hospital. That’s according to an analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Content Blocks CTA HeaderMore information CTA LinkRead the JAMA article Section Features Call To Action Header Survival Rates for Common Conditions, Procedures Analyzed ContentThe study ’s authors looked at Medicare data for 21 million hospitalizations at more than 4,000 hospitals, including teaching hospitals and non-teaching hospitals, across the country. A teaching hospital is a hospital or academic medical center that is affiliated with a medical school and trains future doct ors. The authors analyzed survival rates overall and for 15 common conditions and procedures based on how well patients did 30 days and 90 days after they were admitted to the hospital.The study found people who were treated at teaching hospitals had the highest survival rates.Jonathan Bae, MD, Duke University Health System ’s Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety, said the very nature of teaching hospitals may help explain the results.  Section Features Text Content Header New Technologies, Processes, Therapies, Team-Based Care Content“Teaching hospitals tend to be early adopters of new medical technology, as well as processes and therapies that may...
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