| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立陽明大學 === 急重症醫學研究所 === 103 === Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between physician case volume and the outcomes of critically ill children with pneumonia.
Materials and Methods: This is a population-based cohort study analyzed data provided from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, 2006-2009. Children (aged 3 months to 17 years) having records of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and a diagnosis of pneumonia were included. A total of 9754 critically ill children and 1042 attending physicians were enrolled. The children were assigned to 1 of 4 groups based on the physician’s pneumonia case volume.
Results: The patients in the very-high case volume group had a significantly lower length of hospital stay, in-hospital mortality rate, and hospitalization expenses, and a significantly higher ratio of ICU to hospital stays than other 3 groups (p < 0.001). The probability of death tended to be lower when the physician’s case volume was higher. The risk-adjusted odds ratio for in-hospital mortality of very–high case volume group was 0.48(95% confidence interval, 0.35-0.65; p < 0.001) compared to low case volume group.
Conclusions: A higher physician’s pneumonia case volume is associated with a lower length of hospital stay, lower in-hospital mortality rate, and lower hospitalization expenses among critically ill children with pneumonia.
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