Relationship between Hospital Volume and Inpatient Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in the United States
Giri S, Pathak R, Franklin R, Podoltsev N, Huntington S, Mehta K, Zeidan A. Relationship between Hospital Volume and Inpatient Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in the United States. Blood 2017, 130: 675. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v130.suppl_1.675.675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThrombotic thrombocytopenic purpuraHospital volumeInpatient mortality rateNationwide Inpatient SampleInpatient mortalityThrombocytopenic purpuraPotential confoundersMortality rateOverall inpatient mortality rateInitiation of plasmapheresisUnique hospital identifiersHigher inpatient mortalityRetrospective cohort studyHigh-volume hospitalsAdjusted odds ratioLogistic regression analysisHierarchical logistic regression analysisTest of trendUnique hospitalizationsHospital mortalityInpatient outcomesHospital courseTotal hospitalizationsVolume hospitalsAdult patients