Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
Hospital Admissions and Outcomes is a research topic within Emergency Medicine. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 22.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of hospital handoffs, resident duty hours, and weekend admission on patient safety, medical errors, and continuity of care. It explores communication failures, strategies for improvement, and the effects of duty hour restrictions on patient outcomes. The cluster also addresses the use of SBAR technique, nursing handover practices, and the overall quality of care during hospital handoffs.
- Hospital Handoffs
- Patient Safety
- Medical Errors
- Resident Duty Hours
- Communication
- Weekend Admission
- Nursing Handover
- SBAR Technique
- Continuity of Care
- Quality of Care
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Hospital Admissions and Outcomes research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.3k and 230 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.3k works
- 2 United Kingdom 230 works
- 3 Canada 117 works
- 4 Australia 115 works
- 5 China 78 works
- 6 India 56 works
- 7 Japan 51 works
- 8 Germany 51 works
- 9 Türkiye 48 works
- 10 Saudi Arabia 46 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Hospital Admissions and Outcomes research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harvard University publishes the most Hospital Admissions and Outcomes research, followed by University of Pennsylvania and University of California, San Francisco.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 21 works
- 2 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 16 works
- 3 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 16 works
- 4 University of MichiganUnited States 15 works
- 5 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States 15 works
- 6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 14 works
- 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 14 works
- 8 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 12 works
- 9 University of ChicagoUnited States 12 works
- 10 University of TorontoCanada 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Hospital Admissions and Outcomes?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Hospital Admissions and Outcomes include Harlan M. Krumholz.
- 1 Harlan M. Krumholz United States 4.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Hospital Admissions and Outcomes research done?
The largest centres of Hospital Admissions and Outcomes research in 2022–2025 are Boston (United States), New York (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Philadelphia (United States).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Boston United States 64 works
- 2 New York United States 53 works
- 3 London United Kingdom 53 works
- 4 Philadelphia United States 46 works
- 5 Chicago United States 36 works
- 6 Toronto Canada 30 works
- 7 Baltimore United States 30 works
- 8 Melbourne Australia 29 works
- 9 Ann Arbor United States 25 works
- 10 Cambridge United States 25 works
Where is the best place to study Hospital Admissions and Outcomes?
Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Colorado Denver and University of California, San Francisco score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 70.0 | 24.2% | 6.6× | 21 | +74.2% |
| 2 | University of Colorado DenverUnited States | 59.6 | 25.7% | 13.5× | 11 | +33.5% |
| 3 | University of California, San FranciscoUnited States | 58.5 | 23.1% | 9.5× | 16 | -24.4% |
| 4 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 57.3 | 24.2% | 4.5× | 14 | +151.6% |
| 5 | Medical College of WisconsinUnited States | 52.0 | 23.6% | 13.8× | 9 | +46.6% |
| 6 | University of MichiganUnited States | 50.9 | 29.1% | 4.4× | 15 | +15.3% |
| 7 | University of PennsylvaniaUnited States | 49.8 | 19.6% | 6.6× | 16 | +48.6% |
| 8 | Washington University in St. LouisUnited States | 45.5 | 31.3% | 4.5× | 8 | +69.0% |
| 9 | Yale UniversityUnited States | 41.7 | 15.9% | 5.3× | 14 | +84.9% |
| 10 | Duke UniversityUnited States | 40.2 | 16.7% | 5.7× | 10 | +115.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Hospital Admissions and Outcomes research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hospital Admissions and Outcomes.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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