Table 2.

Adjusted Odds Ratio for Mortality in First Academic Quarter Compared with All Other Quarters in Teaching Versus Non–Teaching Hospitals, from the 2011 Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Diagnosis at AdmissionDeath in First Academic Quarter Compared with Other Quarters, OR (95% CI)
In Teaching HospitalsIn Non–Teaching Hospitals
All admissions1.076 (1.041–1.112)0.938 (0.918–0.959)
AMI1.217 (1.147–1.290)0.849 (0.815–0.885)
Heart failure1.051 (0.992–1.114)0.927 (0.892–0.963)
Pneumonia1.015 (0.959–1.074)1.012 (0.979–1.047)
  • AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.