Marianne Fløjstrup, Anna Kollerup, Søren B Bogh, Mickael Bech, Daniel Henriksen, Søren P Johnsen, Mikkel Brabrand
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Abstract
Background: This study explored changes in short-term mortality during a national reconfiguration of emergency care starting in 2007.
Methods: Unplanned hospital contacts at emergency departments across Denmark from 2007 to 2016. The reconfiguration was a natural experiment, resulting in individual timelines for each hospital. The outcome was in-hospital and 30-day mortality.
Results: Individual patient-level data included 9,745,603 unplanned hospital contacts from 2007 to 2016 at 20 hospitals with emergency departments. We observed a sharp downwards shift in in-hospital mortality and 30-day mortality in three hospitals in relation to the reconfiguration.
Conclusion: This nationwide study identified three hospitals where the reconfiguration was closely associated with reduced in-hospital and 30-day mortality. In contrast, no major effects were identified for the remaining hospitals.
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