Inpatient

BOSTON — Inpatient dermatology services correlated with lower mortality and readmission rates, according to data from a large, nationally representative study presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

Contrary to data from prior years, data from 2016 to 2018 shows outpatient unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is independently associated with lower rates of complications compared with inpatient unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

In its Calendar Year 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule, CMS proposes a halt to its elimination of the inpatient only list, adding the services removed in 2021 back onto the inpatient only list in 2022.

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine observed inconsistencies between patient satisfaction reported during an inpatient stay and patient satisfaction reported after discharge, according to published results.

Inpatient endoscopy delay occurred often in a tertiary center and was a risk factor for 30-day readmission, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Patients who sustained a hip fracture in hospital had a higher mortality risk than patients who sustained a hip fracture outside the hospital, according to results presented at the Virtual EFORT Congress.

CMS has released a proposal to expand the number of procedures Medicare pays for when performed in the hospital outpatient setting by reducing the number of procedures on the inpatient-only list.

Clinicians must adapt protocols for optimal inpatient glycemic management during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of an effort to incorporate new therapies, limit direct patient contact and minimize infection risk, researchers wrote.

Published results showed variation in total inpatient cost between different subspecialties of arthroplasty, with implant cost found to be the main driver of cost variation.

Researchers in Finland reported that household income may be a significant risk factor for first hospital-treated mental disorders across income levels, according to results of a population-based open cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.