The effect of time-varying capacity utilization on 14-day in-hospital mortality: a retrospective longitudinal study in Swiss general hospitals

• Main Authors: Narayan Sharma (Author), Giusi Moffa (Author), René Schwendimann (Author), Olga Endrich (Author), Dietmar Ausserhofer (Author), Michael Simon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background High bed-occupancy (capacity utilization) rates are commonly thought to increase in-hospital mortality; however, little evidence supports a causal relationship between the two. This observational study aimed to assess three time-varying covariates-capacity utilization, patient tu...