Fierce Healthcare June 17, 2024
COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals with fewer nursing resources prior to and during the early pandemic were significantly less likely to survive their illness, a recent study found.
Among nearly 88,000 Medicare patients discharged from 237 hospitals with COVID-19 between April and December 2020, nearly a quarter died during their hospitalization and almost a third died within the 30 days following their admission, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania wrote in the International Journal of Nursing Studies.
The rates were worse among the hospitals with reduced nurse staffing, according to the study. For example, a COVID-19 patient’s odds of in-hospital mortality rose by 20% for each additional patient a registered nurse had in their workload in the months just before...
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