No statistically significant difference was found between survival rates for heart attack patients at teaching and nonteaching hospitals, according to a study in Academic Medicine.
To compare acute myocardial infarction survival at teaching and nonteaching hospitals, researchers examined the 30-day all-cause, all-location mortality rates among 1,309,554 Medicare patients admitted to 3,761 acute-care hospitals for AMI during the study period (1996-2004).
While no significant difference was found in mortality rates between teaching and non-teaching hospitals, researchers did discover the odds of mortality to be 4.2 percent lower in minor teaching hospitals (resident-to-bed ration between 0 and 0.25) as compared to nonteaching hospitals.
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To compare acute myocardial infarction survival at teaching and nonteaching hospitals, researchers examined the 30-day all-cause, all-location mortality rates among 1,309,554 Medicare patients admitted to 3,761 acute-care hospitals for AMI during the study period (1996-2004).
While no significant difference was found in mortality rates between teaching and non-teaching hospitals, researchers did discover the odds of mortality to be 4.2 percent lower in minor teaching hospitals (resident-to-bed ration between 0 and 0.25) as compared to nonteaching hospitals.
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