A comparison of teaching and non-teaching hospitals found mortality benefits for high-risk patients undergoing surgery at teaching hospitals.
- The researchers found that for general surgery, the overall 30-day mortality rate was 4.62 percent in teaching hospitals versus 5.57 percent in non-teaching hospitals.
- Mortality differences were larger for the general surgery quintile of pairs with the highest risk on admission (15.94 versus 18.18 percent), with a paired cost difference of $3,773.
- These numbers yielded a value of $1,682 per 1 percent mortality improvement at 30 days.
