Variations in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Use and Outcomes in Michigan Hospitals

JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Apr;176(4):548-51. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8402.

Authors

Vineet Chopra¹, Shawna Smith¹, Lakshmi Swaminathan², Tanya Boldenow³, Scott Kaatz⁴, Steven J Bernstein¹, Scott A Flanders⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor2Patient Safety Enhancement Program, VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan3Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Integrated Healthcare Associates and St Joseph Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.

PMID: 26881938
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8402

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Catheter Obstruction / statistics & numerical data
Catheter-Related Infections / epidemiology
Catheterization, Peripheral / statistics & numerical data*
Health Facility Size
Hospitals / statistics & numerical data*
Hospitals, Rural
Hospitals, Teaching
Hospitals, Urban
Humans
Michigan / epidemiology
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Prospective Studies
Thrombophlebitis / epidemiology
Venous Thromboembolism / epidemiology

Grants and funding

1-K08-HS022835-01/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States