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Health Serv Res ; 56 Suppl 3: 1383-1393, 2021 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34378190

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OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study are to compare the relative use of different postacute care settings in different countries and to compare three important outcomes as follows: total expenditure, total days of care in different care settings, and overall longevity over a 1-year period following a hip fracture. DATA SOURCES: We used administrative data from hospitals, institutional and home-based long-term care (LTC), physician visits, and medications compiled by the International Collaborative on Costs, Outcomes, and Needs in Care (ICCONIC) from five countries as follows: Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden. DATA EXTRACTION METHODS: Data were extracted from existing administrative data systems in each participating country. STUDY DESIGN: This is a retrospective cohort study of all individuals admitted to acute care for hip fracture. Descriptive comparisons were used to examine aggregate institutional and home-based postacute care. Care trajectories were created to track sequential care settings after acute-care discharge through institutional and community-based care in three countries where detailed information allowed. Comparisons in patient characteristics, utilization, and costs were made across these trajectories and countries. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Across five countries with complete LTC data, we found notable variations with Germany having the highest days of home-based services with relatively low costs, while Sweden incurred the highest overall expenditures. Comparisons of trajectories found that France had the highest use of inpatient rehabilitation. Germany was most likely to discharge hip fracture patients to home. Over 365 days, France averaged the highest number of days in institution with 104, Canada followed at 94, and Germany had just 87 days of institutional care on average. CONCLUSION: In this comparison of LTC services following a hip fracture, we found international differences in total use of institutional and noninstitutional care, longevity, and total expenditures. There exist opportunities to organize postacute care differently to maximize independence and mitigate costs.


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Fraturas do Quadril , Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar/economia , Hospitalização/economia , Assistência de Longa Duração/economia , Alta do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Canadá , Europa (Continente) , Feminino , Fraturas do Quadril/economia , Fraturas do Quadril/reabilitação , Humanos , Masculino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos
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Med Care ; 59(8): 721-726, 2021 08 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33935252

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BACKGROUND: A measure of episode spending, such as Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) is increasingly used to evaluate provider performance. Yet if the measure is unreliable, as is often true for low-volume providers, it cannot distinguish "good" from "poor" performance. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability of a uniformly calculated MSPB measure for post-acute care (PAC) and the tradeoffs involved in setting a minimum case count threshold. DATA: Medicare claims for 15 million PAC episodes from April 2013 to March 2015. RESEARCH DESIGN: Given the overlap in patients treated in PAC settings, we developed a uniformly calculated MSPB measure for PAC providers that measures spending during the PAC stay and the following 30 days. We examine variation in the MSPB-PAC measure and characterize the measure's reliability and its relationship to provider case counts. RESULTS: Applied to our MSPB-PAC measure, a minimum threshold of 20 Medicare episodes as currently used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would not establish reasonably reliable measures and could result in drawing unduly erroneous conclusions about provider performance. The measures for home health agencies were considerably less stable and reliable than for institutional PAC providers. CONCLUSIONS: CMS should consider adopting a more stringent reliability standard for setting minimum case counts for MSPB-PAC and other measures. Its current threshold (R-statistic=0.4) reflects more random variation than differences in actual provider performance. To include as many providers as possible, CMS should consider pooling data over multiple years to avoid drawing incorrect conclusions about low-volume providers.


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Medicare/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Agências de Assistência Domiciliar/economia , Humanos , Medicare/estatística & dados numéricos , Casas de Saúde/economia , Centros de Reabilitação/economia , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Estados Unidos
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Surgery ; 169(2): 341-346, 2021 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32900495

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BACKGROUND: Extended care facility use is a primary driver of variation in hospitalization-associated health care payments and is increasingly a focus for savings under episode-based payment. However, concerns remain that extended care facility limits could incur rising readmissions, emergency department use, or other costs. We analyzed the effects of a statewide value improvement initiative to decrease extended care facility use after lower extremity arthroplasty on extended care facility use, readmission, emergency department use, and payments. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study using complete claims from the Michigan Value Collaborative for patients undergoing lower extremity joint replacement. We compared the change in extended care facility use before (2012-2013) and after (2016-2017) the aforementioned statewide initiative with 90-day postacute care, readmission, and emergency department rates and payments using t tests. RESULTS: Of the patients included, 68,537 underwent total knee arthroplasty; 27,131 underwent total hip arthroplasty. Statewide, extended care facility use and postacute care payments decreased (extended care facility: 27.5% before vs 18.1% after, payments: $4,999 vs $3,832, P < .0001) without increased readmission rates (8.0% vs 7.6%, P = .10) or payments ($1,087 vs $1,026, P = .14). Emergency department use increased (7.8% vs 8.9%, P < .0001). Per hospital, there was no association between extended care facility use change and readmission rate change (r = 0.05). Hospital change in extended care facility use ranged from +2.3% (no extended care facility decrease group) to -16.6% (large extended care facility decrease group) and was associated with lower total episode payments without differences in change in readmission rate/payments or emergency department use. CONCLUSION: Despite decreased use of extended care facilities, there was no compensatory increase in readmission rate or payments. Reducing excess use of extended care facilities after joint replacement may be an important opportunity for savings in episode-based reimbursement.


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Artroplastia de Quadril/reabilitação , Artroplastia do Joelho/reabilitação , Uso Excessivo dos Serviços de Saúde/prevenção & controle , Instituições de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermagem/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Demandas Administrativas em Assistência à Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Idoso , Artroplastia de Quadril/economia , Artroplastia do Joelho/economia , Redução de Custos/normas , Redução de Custos/estatística & dados numéricos , Análise Custo-Benefício/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Uso Excessivo dos Serviços de Saúde/economia , Uso Excessivo dos Serviços de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Medicare/economia , Medicare/normas , Medicare/estatística & dados numéricos , Michigan , Readmissão do Paciente/economia , Readmissão do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Transferência de Pacientes/economia , Transferência de Pacientes/normas , Transferência de Pacientes/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Instituições de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermagem/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/normas , Estados Unidos
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Med Care ; 59(2): 163-168, 2021 02 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33273292

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BACKGROUND: The COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) model, a transitional care intervention for stroke patients discharged home, was tested against status quo postacute stroke care in a cluster-randomized trial in 40 hospitals in North Carolina. This study examined the hospital-level costs associated with implementing and sustaining COMPASS. METHODS: Using an activity-based costing survey, we estimated hospital-level resource costs spent on COMPASS-related activities during approximately 1 year. We identified hospitals that were actively engaged in COMPASS during the year before the survey and collected resource cost estimates from 22 hospitals. We used median wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and COMPASS enrollment data to estimate the hospital-level costs per COMPASS enrollee. RESULTS: Between November 2017 and March 2019, 1582 patients received the COMPASS intervention across the 22 hospitals included in this analysis. Average annual hospital-level COMPASS costs were $2861 per patient (25th percentile: $735; 75th percentile: $3,475). Having 10% higher stroke patient volume was associated with 5.1% lower COMPASS costs per patient (P=0.016). About half (N=10) of hospitals reported postacute clinic visits as their highest-cost activity, while a third (N=7) reported case ascertainment (ie, identifying eligible patients) as their highest-cost activity. CONCLUSIONS: We found that the costs of implementing COMPASS varied across hospitals. On average, hospitals with higher stroke volume and higher enrollment reported lower costs per patient. Based on average costs of COMPASS and readmissions for stroke patients, COMPASS could lower net costs if the model is able to prevent about 6 readmissions per year.


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Custos de Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Análise por Conglomerados , Análise Custo-Benefício , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde/normas , Humanos , North Carolina/epidemiologia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/epidemiologia , Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral/economia , Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/normas , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Inquéritos e Questionários
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Med Care ; 59(2): 101-110, 2021 02 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33273296

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IMPORTANCE: The Medicare comprehensive care for joint replacement (CJR) model, a mandatory bundled payment program started in April 2016 for hospitals in randomly selected metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), may help reduce postacute care (PAC) use and episode costs, but its impact on disparities between Medicaid and non-Medicaid beneficiaries is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine effects of the CJR program on differences (or disparities) in PAC use and outcomes by Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibility status. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Observational cohort study of 2013-2017, based on difference-in-differences (DID) analyses on Medicare data for 1,239,452 Medicare-only patients, 57,452 dual eligibles with full Medicaid benefits, and 50,189 dual eligibles with partial Medicaid benefits who underwent hip or knee surgery in hospitals of 75 CJR MSAs and 121 control MSAs. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Risk-adjusted differences in rates of institutional PAC [skilled nursing facility (SNF), inpatient rehabilitation, or long-term hospital care] use and readmissions; and for the subgroup of patients discharged to SNF, risk-adjusted differences in SNF length of stay, payments, and quality measured by star ratings, rate of successful discharge to community, and rate of transition to long-stay nursing home resident. RESULTS: The CJR program was associated with reduced institutional PAC use and readmissions for patients in all 3 groups. For example, it was associated with reductions in 90-day readmission rate by 1.8 percentage point [DID estimate=-1.8; 95% confidence interval (CI), -2.6 to -0.9; P<0.001] for Medicare-only patients, by 1.6 percentage points (DID estimate=-1.6; 95% CI, -3.1 to -0.1; P=0.04) for full-benefit dual eligibles, and by 2.0 percentage points (DID estimate=-2.0; 95% CI, -3.6 to -0.4; P=0.01) for partial-benefit dual eligibles. These CJR-associated effects did not differ between dual eligibles (differences in above DID estimates=0.2; 95% CI, -1.4 to 1.7; P=0.81 for full-benefit patients; and -0.3; 95% CI, -1.9 to 1.3; P=0.74 for partial-benefit patients) and Medicare-only patients. Among patients discharged to SNF, the CJR program showed no effect on successful community discharge, transition to long-term care, or their persistent disparities. CONCLUSIONS: The CJR program did not help reduce persistent disparities in readmissions or SNF-specific outcomes related to Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibility, likely due to its lack of financial incentives for reduced disparities and improved SNF outcomes.


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Artroplastia de Substituição/economia , Medicaid/estatística & dados numéricos , Medicare/estatística & dados numéricos , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde/normas , Artroplastia de Substituição/métodos , Estudos de Coortes , Definição da Elegibilidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Medicaid/organização & administração , Medicare/organização & administração , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Pós-Operatórios/economia , Cuidados Pós-Operatórios/normas , Cuidados Pós-Operatórios/estatística & dados numéricos , Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde/economia , Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde/normas , Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Mecanismo de Reembolso/normas , Mecanismo de Reembolso/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/normas , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Estados Unidos
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Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes ; 13(11): e006449, 2020 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33176467

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BACKGROUND: Postacute care is a major driver of cardiac surgical episode spending, but the sources of variation in spending have not been explored. The objective of this study was to identify sources of variation in postacute care spending within 90-days of discharge following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and aortic valve replacement (AVR) and the relationship between postacute care spending and other postdischarge utilization. METHODS AND RESULTS: A retrospective analysis was conducted of public and private administrative claims for Michigan residents insured by Medicare fee-for-service and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan/Blue Care Network commercial and Medicare Advantage plans undergoing CABG (n=11 208) or AVR (n=6122) in 33 nonfederal acute care Michigan hospitals between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018. Postacute care use was present in 9662 (86.2%) CABG episodes and 4242 (69.3%) AVR episodes, with respective mean (SD) 90-day spending of $4398±$6124 and $3465±$5759. Across hospitals, mean postacute care spending ranged from $3280 to $8186 for CABG and $2246 to $7710 for AVR. Inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility care accounted for over 80% of the variation spending between low and high postacute care spending hospitals. At the hospital-level, postacute care spending was modestly correlated across procedures and payers. Spending associated with readmissions, emergency department visits, and outpatient facility care was significantly different between low and high postacute care spending hospitals in CABG and AVR episodes. CONCLUSIONS: There was wide hospital variation in postacute care spending after cardiac surgery, which was primarily driven by differential use and intensity in facility-based postacute care. Optimizing facility-based postacute care after cardiac surgery offers unique opportunities to reduce potentially unwarranted care variation.


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Ponte de Artéria Coronária/economia , Gastos em Saúde , Implante de Prótese de Valva Cardíaca/economia , Custos Hospitalares , Hospitais , Cuidados Pós-Operatórios/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Planos de Seguro Blue Cross Blue Shield/economia , Ponte de Artéria Coronária/efeitos adversos , Ponte de Artéria Coronária/tendências , Planos de Pagamento por Serviço Prestado/economia , Feminino , Gastos em Saúde/tendências , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/economia , Implante de Prótese de Valva Cardíaca/efeitos adversos , Implante de Prótese de Valva Cardíaca/tendências , Custos Hospitalares/tendências , Hospitais/tendências , Humanos , Masculino , Medicare Part C/economia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Cuidados Pós-Operatórios/tendências , Estudos Retrospectivos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/tendências , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento , Estados Unidos
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JAMA ; 324(18): 1869-1877, 2020 11 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33170241

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Importance: Medicare recently concluded a national voluntary payment demonstration, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) model 3, in which skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) assumed accountability for patients' Medicare spending for 90 days from initial SNF admission. There is little evidence on outcomes associated with this novel payment model. Objective: To evaluate the association of BPCI model 3 with spending, health care utilization, and patient outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries undergoing lower extremity joint replacement (LEJR). Design, Setting, and Participants: Observational difference-in-difference analysis using Medicare claims from 2013-2017 to evaluate the association of BPCI model 3 with outcomes for 80 648 patients undergoing LEJR. The preintervention period was from January 2013 through September 2013, which was 9 months prior to enrollment of the first BPCI cohort. The postintervention period extended from 3 months post-BPCI enrollment for each SNF through December 2017. BPCI SNFs were matched with control SNFs using propensity score matching on 2013 SNF characteristics. Exposures: Admission to a BPCI model 3-participating SNF. Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcome was institutional spending, a combination of postacute care and hospital Medicare-allowed payments. Additional outcomes included other categories of spending, changes in case mix, admission volume, home health use, length of stay, and hospital use within 90 days of SNF admission. Results: There were 448 BPCI SNFs with 18 870 LEJR episodes among 16 837 patients (mean [SD] age, 77.5 [9.4] years; 12 173 [72.3%] women) matched with 1958 control SNFs with 72 005 LEJR episodes among 63 811 patients (mean [SD] age, 77.6 [9.4] years; 46 072 [72.2%] women) in the preintervention and postintervention periods. Seventy-nine percent of matched BPCI SNFs were for-profit facilities, 85% were located in an urban area, and 85% were part of a larger corporate chain. There were no systematic changes in patient case mix or episode volume between BPCI-participating SNFs and controls during the program. Institutional spending decreased from $17 956 to $15 746 in BPCI SNFs and from $17 765 to $16 563 in matched controls, a differential decrease of 5.6% (-$1008 [95% CI, -$1603 to -$414]; P < .001). This decrease was related to a decline in SNF days per beneficiary (from 26.2 to 21.3 days in BPCI SNFs and from 26.3 to 23.4 days in matched controls; differential change, -2.0 days [95% CI, -2.9 to -1.1]). There was no significant change in mortality or 90-day readmissions. Conclusions and Relevance: Among Medicare patients undergoing lower extremity joint replacement from 2013-2017, the BPCI model 3 was significantly associated with a decrease in mean institutional spending on episodes initiated by admission to SNFs. Further research is needed to assess bundled payments in other clinical contexts.


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Artroplastia de Substituição/economia , Medicare/economia , Mecanismo de Reembolso , Instituições de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermagem/economia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Idoso Fragilizado , Humanos , Extremidade Inferior , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Estados Unidos
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JAMA Netw Open ; 3(9): e2014475, 2020 09 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32960277

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Importance: There are marked racial/ethnic differences in hip and knee joint replacement care as well as concerns that value-based payments may exacerbate existing racial/ethnic disparities in care. Objective: To examine changes in joint replacement care associated with Medicare's Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model among White, Black, and Hispanic patients. Design, Setting, and Participants: Retrospective cohort study of Medicare claims from 2013 through 2017 among White, Black, and Hispanic patients undergoing joint replacement in 67 treatment (selected for CJR participation) and 103 control metropolitan statistical areas. Exposures: The CJR model holds hospitals accountable for spending and quality of joint replacement care during care episodes (index hospitalization through 90 days after discharge). Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcomes were spending, discharge to institutional postacute care, and readmission during care episodes. Results: Among 688 346 patients, 442 163 (64.2%) were women, and 87 286 (12.7%) were 85 years or older. Under CJR, spending decreased by $439 for White patients (95% CI, -$718 to -$161; from pre-CJR spending in treatment metropolitan statistical areas of $25 264) but did not change for Black patients and Hispanic patients. Discharges to institutional postacute care decreased for all groups (-2.5 percentage points; 95% CI, -4.7 to -0.4, from pre-CJR risk of 46.2% for White patients; -6.0 percentage points; 95% CI, -9.8 to -2.2, from pre-CJR risk of 59.5% for Black patients; and -4.3 percentage points; 95% CI, -7.6 to -1.0, from pre-CJR risk of 54.3% for Hispanic patients). Readmission risk decreased for Black patients by 3.1 percentage points (95% CI, -5.9 to -0.4, from pre-CJR risk of 21.8%) and did not change for White patients and Hispanic patients. Under CJR, Black-White differences in discharges to institutional postacute care decreased by 3.4 percentage points (95% CI, -6.4 to -0.5, from the pre-CJR Black-White difference of 13.3 percentage points). No evidence was found demonstrating that Black-White differences changed for other outcomes or that Hispanic-White differences changed for any outcomes under CJR. Conclusions and Relevance: In this cohort study of patients receiving joint replacements, CJR was associated with decreased readmissions for Black patients. Furthermore, Black patients experienced a greater decrease in discharges to institutional postacute care relative to White patients, representing relative improvements despite concerns that value-based payment models may exacerbate existing disparities. Nonetheless, differences between White and Black patients in joint replacement care still persisted even after these changes.


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Artroplastia de Quadril , Artroplastia do Joelho , População Negra/estatística & dados numéricos , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde , Pacotes de Assistência ao Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , População Branca/estatística & dados numéricos , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Artroplastia de Quadril/economia , Artroplastia de Quadril/estatística & dados numéricos , Artroplastia do Joelho/economia , Artroplastia do Joelho/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/organização & administração , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/normas , Humanos , Masculino , Medicare/economia , Medicare/estatística & dados numéricos , Mecanismo de Reembolso , Estudos Retrospectivos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Estados Unidos , Seguro de Saúde Baseado em Valor/economia
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JAMA Netw Open ; 3(1): e1919672, 2020 01 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31977059

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Importance: Medicare is shifting from payment for postacute care services based on the volume provided to payment based on value as determined by patient characteristics and functional outcomes. Matching therapy time and length of stay (LOS) to patient needs will be critical to optimize functional outcomes and manage costs. Objective: To investigate the association among therapy time, LOS, and functional outcomes for patients following hip fracture surgery. Design, Setting, and Participants: This retrospective cohort study analyzed data on patients from 4 inpatient rehabilitation facilities and 7 skilled nursing facilities in the eastern and midwestern United States. Participants were patients aged 65 years or older who received inpatient rehabilitation services for hip fracture and had Medicare fee-for-service as their primary payer. Data were collected from 2005 to 2010. Analysis was conducted from November 2018 to June 2019. Exposure: Therapy minutes per LOS day. Main Outcomes and Measures: Functional Independence Measure mobility and self-care measures at discharge. Patients were categorized into 9 recovery groups based on low, medium, or high therapy minutes per LOS day and low, medium, or high rate of functional gain per day. Results: A total of 150 patients (101 [67.3%] female; 148 [98.6%] white; mean [SD] age, 82.0 [7.3] years) met inclusion criteria. Participants in all gain and therapy minutes per LOS day trajectories were similar in function at rehabilitation admission (mean [SD] mobility, 16.2 [3.2]; F8,141 = 1.26; P = .27) but differed significantly at discharge (mean [SD] mobility, 23.9 [5.2]; F8,141 = 14.34; P < .001). High-gain patients achieved mobility independence by discharge; low-gain patients needed assistance on nearly all mobility tasks. Medium-gain patients with a mean LOS of 27 days were independent in mobility at discharge; those with a mean LOS less than 21 days needed supervision with toilet transfers and were dependent with stairs. Length of stay and functional gain rate explained much of the variance in mobility and self-care scores at discharge. Although medium- and high-therapy minutes per LOS day groups were statistically significant in the regression model (ß = 6.99; P = .001; and ß = 11.46; P = .007, respectively), they explained only 1% of the variance in discharge outcome. Marginal means suggest that medium-gain patients with shorter LOS would have achieved mobility independence if LOS had been extended. Conclusions and Relevance: In this study, rate of recovery and LOS in skilled nursing and inpatient rehabilitation facilities were associated with mobility and self-care outcomes at discharge following hip fracture surgery, particularly for medium-gain patients. Therapy time per day explained only 1% of the variance in discharge outcome. Discharging medium-gain patients before 21 days LOS may transfer burden of care to family and caregivers, home health, and outpatient services.


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Fraturas do Quadril/reabilitação , Fraturas do Quadril/cirurgia , Tempo de Internação/estatística & dados numéricos , Medicare/economia , Enfermagem em Reabilitação/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Medicare/estatística & dados numéricos , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica , Enfermagem em Reabilitação/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Estados Unidos
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Adv Skin Wound Care ; 33(3): 156-163, 2020 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31913859

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OBJECTIVE: To describe and explore relationships between social demographic factors and incidence or worsening of pressure ulcer scores among post-acute care (PAC) settings. DESIGN: The authors present the incidence of new or worsening pressure ulcers stratified by self-reported patient race and sex. Investigators used logistic regression modeling to examine relative risk of developing new or worsened pressure ulcers by sociodemographic status and multiple regression modeling to estimate the relative contribution of facility-level factors on rates of new or worsening pressure ulcers. SETTING: Three PAC settings: long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. PARTICIPANTS: Medicare Part A residents and patients with complete stays in PAC facilities during 2015. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The incidence of new or worsened pressure ulcers as calculated using the specifications of the National Quality Forum-endorsed pressure ulcer quality measure #0678. MAIN RESULTS: The sample included 1,566,847 resident stays in 14,822 skilled nursing facilities, 478,292 patient stays in 1,132 inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and 121,834 patient stays in 397 long-term care hospitals. Significant differences in new or worsened pressure ulcer incidence rates by sociodemographic factors were found in all three settings. Black race, male sex, and advanced age were significant predictors of new or worsened ulcers, although controlling for health conditions reduced the racial disparity. The authors noted significant differences among facilities based on ownership type, urban/rural location, and sociodemographic makeup of facilities' residents/patients. CONCLUSIONS: There is evidence of disparities in the incidence of new or worsened pressure ulcers across PAC settings, suggesting publicly available quality data may be used to identify and ameliorate these problems.


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Negro ou Afro-Americano/estatística & dados numéricos , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/economia , Medicare/economia , Úlcera por Pressão/terapia , Instituições de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermagem/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Idoso , Asiático/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos de Coortes , Bases de Dados Factuais , Etnicidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/etnologia , Hispânico ou Latino/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Úlcera por Pressão/diagnóstico , Úlcera por Pressão/etnologia , Fatores Raciais , Centros de Reabilitação/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medição de Risco , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Estados Unidos
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J Am Geriatr Soc ; 68(4): 847-851, 2020 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31880309

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OBJECTIVES: Administrative records such as Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) claims provide accurate information on services paid for by Medicare. However, the increasing availability of electronic health records means many researchers may be inclined to rely on data coded in hospital information systems rather than claims. The current quality and accuracy of hospital reports on the use of post-acute care (PAC) services are not known. DESIGN: This study examined differences in the PAC use between hospital discharge status recorded on Medicare Provider and Analysis Review inpatient hospital records and claims for PAC services. SETTING: In addition to assessments of the three types of Medicare-reimbursed PAC (home health agency [HHA], skilled nursing facility [SNF], and inpatient rehabilitation facility [IRF]), the analysis also considered home without PAC services as a default discharge location. PARTICIPANTS: The analysis was conducted using data for FFS beneficiaries who participated in the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and had one or more inpatient hospitalizations from 2006 to 2011. MEASUREMENTS: This study measured discrepancies between hospital-reported discharges to PAC and PAC use based on Medicare claims. RESULTS: The study found that, on average, 27.9% of hospital reports of discharging to Medicare-covered PAC services were not substantiated by Medicare PAC claims. Among all the discharge pathways, discharging to HHAs had the highest discrepancy rate (29.6%), followed by IRFs (14.7%) and SNFs (13.8%). CONCLUSION: The study results call for cautions about the extent to which the reported discharge locations on hospital claims may differ from actual PAC services used. Assuming that Medicare FFS claims were complete and accurate, researchers using the discharge status reported on Medicare hospital claims should be aware of possible measurement errors when using hospital-reported discharge locations. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:847-851, 2020.


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Sumários de Alta do Paciente Hospitalar/normas , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Idoso , Planos de Pagamento por Serviço Prestado/economia , Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Medicare , Sumários de Alta do Paciente Hospitalar/estatística & dados numéricos , Centros de Reabilitação/estatística & dados numéricos , Instituições de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermagem/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Estados Unidos
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J Am Geriatr Soc ; 68(1): 70-77, 2020 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31454082

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OBJECTIVES: High-need (HN) Medicare beneficiaries heavily use healthcare services at a high cost. This population is heterogeneous, composed of individuals with varying degrees of medical complexity and healthcare needs. To improve healthcare delivery and decrease costs, it is critical to identify the subpopulations present within this population. We aimed to (1) identify distinct clinical phenotypes present within HN Medicare beneficiaries, and (2) examine differences in outcomes between phenotypes. DESIGN: Latent class analysis was used to identify phenotypes within a sample of HN fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older using Medicare claims and post-acute assessment data. SETTING: Not applicable. PARTICIPANTS: Two cross-sectional cohorts were used to identify phenotypes. Cohorts included FFS Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older who survived through 2014 (n = 415 659) and 2015 (n = 416 643). MEASUREMENTS: The following variables were used to identify phenotypes: acute and post-acute care use, functional dependency in one or more activities of daily living, presence of six or more chronic conditions, and complex chronic conditions. Mortality, hospitalizations, healthcare expenditures, and days in the community were compared between phenotypes. RESULTS: Five phenotypes were identified: (1) comorbid ischemic heart disease with hospitalization and skilled nursing facility use (22% of the HN sample), (2) comorbid ischemic heart disease with home care use (23%), (3) home care use (12%), (4) high comorbidity with hospitalization (32%), and (5) Alzheimer's disease/related dementias with functional dependency and nursing home use (11%). Mortality was highest in phenotypes 1 and 2; hospitalizations and expenditures were highest in phenotypes 1, 3, and 4. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings represent a first step toward classifying the heterogeneity among HN Medicare beneficiaries. Further work is needed to identify modifiable utilization patterns between phenotypes to improve the value of healthcare provided to these subpopulations. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:70-77, 2019.


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Doença Crônica/economia , Comorbidade , Gastos em Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Hospitalização , Isquemia Miocárdica/economia , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Fenótipo , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos Transversais , Planos de Pagamento por Serviço Prestado/economia , Feminino , Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar/economia , Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar/estatística & dados numéricos , Hospitalização/economia , Hospitalização/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Revisão da Utilização de Seguros/estatística & dados numéricos , Masculino , Medicare/economia , Alta do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Instituições de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermagem/economia , Instituições de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermagem/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Estados Unidos
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Pediatr Emerg Care ; 36(7): 309-311, 2020 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29406473

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STUDY OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics of pediatric patients transferred from a hospital-based general emergency department (ED) to an acute care facility. METHODS: Study data were abstracted from the 2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample database. A multivariate logistic regression was constructed for pediatric patients (<18 years old) who require a transfer to an acute care facility from a general ED. Independent variables included in the model were age (<1, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-17 age in years), sex, insurance/payment method, and diseases/body systems using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, coding. RESULTS: In the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project/Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, 5.5 million ED visits were for children less than 18 years. About 1.5% of visits resulted in transfer. Children younger than 1 year had higher transfer rates as compared with 15 to 17 year old group (odds ratio [OR], 1.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.089-1.146). Patients with Medicaid and self-pay compared with private insurance/health maintenance organization had 4% (OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.944-0.976) and 9% (OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.886-0.945), respectively, lower likelihood of being transferred. Patients with circulatory (OR, 8.43; 95% CI, 7.8-9.1), endocrine (OR, 5.9; 95% CI, 5.6-6.2), mental (OR, 5.44; 95% CI, 5.3-5.6), nervous system (OR, 5.2; 95% CI, 4.9-5.5), congenital anomalies (OR, 5.14; 95% CI, 4.5-5.9), hematology-oncology (OR, 4.49; 95% CI, 4.2-4.8), digestive, (OR, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.5-1.6), and other disorders (OR, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.3-1.4) had a higher odds of being transferred as compared with trauma/injury and poisoning, whereas patients with disorders related to genitourinary (OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.91-1.0), respiratory (OR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.77-0.81), musculoskeletal (OR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.58-0.68), skin (OR, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.45-0.50), infectious and parasitic (OR, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.22-0.25), and eyes/ears/nose/throat (OR, 0.09; 95% CI, 0.079-0.094) had a lower odds of being transferred as compared with trauma/injury and poisoning. CONCLUSIONS: Children younger than 1 year had relatively higher transfer rates. Patients covered by Medicaid and self-pay had the lowest likelihood of transfer. Transfer rates varied significantly by condition and the high-transfer diagnostic categories were related to circulatory, endocrine, nervous, hematology-oncology, and mental disorders as well as congenital anomalies, which may be related to a lack of ED or inpatient resources to care for children with problems that require more complex care.


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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência/estatística & dados numéricos , Cobertura do Seguro/estatística & dados numéricos , Transferência de Pacientes/estatística & dados numéricos , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Revisão da Utilização de Recursos de Saúde , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência/economia , Feminino , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde , Hospitais Gerais , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Cobertura do Seguro/economia , Masculino , Transferência de Pacientes/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Estados Unidos
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Health Care Manage Rev ; 45(1): 73-82, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30045098

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ISSUE/TREND: Postacute care has been identified as a primary area for cost containment. The continued shift of payment structures from volume to value has often put hospitals at the forefront of addressing postacute care cost containment. However, hospitals continue to struggle with models to manage patients in postacute care institutions, such as skilled nursing facilities or in home health agencies. Recent research has identified postacute care network development as one mechanism to improve outcomes for patients sent to postacute care providers. Many hospitals, though, have not utilized this strategy for fear of not adhering to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirements that patients are given choice when discharged to postacute care. MANAGERIAL APPROACH: A hospital's approach to postacute care integration will be dictated by environmental uncertainty and the level of embeddedness hospitals have with potential postacute care partners. Hospitals, though, must also consider how and when to extend shared savings to postacute care partners, which will be based on the complexity of the risk-sharing calculation, the ability to maintain network flexibility, and the potential benefits of preserving competition and innovation among the network members. For hospital leaders, postacute care network development should include a robust and transparent data management process, start with an embedded network that maintains network design flexibility, and include a care management approach that includes patient-level coordination. CONCLUSION: The design of care management models could benefit from elevating the role of postacute care providers in the current array of risk-based payment models, and these providers should consider developing deeper relationships with select postacute care providers to achieve cost containment.


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Controle de Custos , Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar/economia , Alta do Paciente , Participação no Risco Financeiro/economia , Instituições de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermagem/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Idoso , Hospitais , Humanos , Medicare/organização & administração , Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde , Estados Unidos
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JAMA Netw Open ; 2(12): e1917559, 2019 12 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31834398

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Importance: The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 mandated a quality measure of potentially preventable 30-day hospital readmission for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). Examining IRF performance nationally may help inform health care quality initiatives for Medicare beneficiaries. Objective: To examine variation in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Program measures for US facility-level risk-adjusted all-cause and potentially preventable hospital readmission rates after inpatient rehabilitation. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study of Medicare claims data included 454 378 Medicare beneficiaries discharged from 1162 IRFs between June 1, 2013, and July 1, 2015. Data were analyzed March 23, 2018, through June 24, 2019. Main Outcomes and Measures: All-Cause Unplanned Readmission Measure for 30 Days Post Discharge From Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities and the Potentially Preventable 30-Day Post-Discharge Readmission Measure for Inpatient Rehabilitation. Specifications from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services were followed to identify the cohort, define outcomes, and calculate risk-standardized facility-level rates. Results: Among a cohort of 454 378 patients, the mean (SD) age was 76.2 (10.6) years and 263 546 (58.0%) were women. The all-cause readmission rate was 12.3% (95% CI, 12.2%-12.4%), and the potentially preventable readmission rate was 5.3% (95% CI, 5.3%-5.4%). Across 1162 included IRFs, risk-standardized all-cause readmission rates ranged from 10.1% (95% CI, 8.9%-11.6%) to 15.9% (95% CI, 13.6-18.6%) and potentially preventable readmission rates ranged from 4.3% (95% CI, 3.7%-5.4%) to 7.3% (95% CI, 5.7%-8.3%). Using the All-Cause Unplanned Readmission Measure for 30 Days Post Discharge From Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, 16 IRFs (1.4%) had 95% CIs above the national mean rate, 1137 IRFs (97.9%) had 95% CIs containing the national mean rate, and 9 IRFs (0.8%) had 95% CIs below the national mean rate. Using the Potentially Preventable 30-Day Post-Discharge Readmission Measure for Inpatient Rehabilitation, 8 IRFs (0.7%) had 95% CIs above the national mean rate, 1153 IRFs (99.2%) had 95% CIs containing the national mean rate, and 1 IRF (0.1%) had a 95% CI below the national mean rate. Conclusions and Relevance: This cohort study found that readmission rates were lower when using the Potentially Preventable 30-Day Post-Discharge Readmission Measure for Inpatient Rehabilitation and further reduced discrimination between facilities compared with the recently discontinued All-Cause Unplanned Readmission Measure for 30 Days Post Discharge From Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. This finding may indicate there is a lack of room for improvement in readmission rates. Given the rationale of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for removing measures that fail to discriminate quality performance, this suggests that the current readmission measure should not be implemented as part of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Quality Reporting Program.


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Planos de Pagamento por Serviço Prestado , Medicare , Alta do Paciente/normas , Readmissão do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Indicadores de Qualidade em Assistência à Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Centros de Reabilitação/normas , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/normas , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/economia , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/normas , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Masculino , Medicare/economia , Medicare/normas , Medicare/estatística & dados numéricos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Alta do Paciente/economia , Alta do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Readmissão do Paciente/economia , Readmissão do Paciente/normas , Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde/métodos , Indicadores de Qualidade em Assistência à Saúde/economia , Centros de Reabilitação/economia , Centros de Reabilitação/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Risco Ajustado , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Estados Unidos
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BMC Health Serv Res ; 19(1): 978, 2019 Dec 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31856808

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BACKGROUND: The COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) pragmatic trial compared the effectiveness of comprehensive transitional care (COMPASS-TC) versus usual care among stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients discharged home from North Carolina hospitals. We evaluated implementation of COMPASS-TC in 20 hospitals randomized to the intervention using the RE-AIM framework. METHODS: We evaluated hospital-level Adoption of COMPASS-TC; patient Reach (meeting transitional care management requirements of timely telephone and face-to-face follow-up); Implementation using hospital quality measures (concurrent enrollment, two-day telephone follow-up, 14-day clinic visit scheduling); and hospital-level sustainability (Maintenance). Effectiveness compared 90-day physical function (Stroke Impact Scale-16), between patients receiving COMPASS-TC versus not. Associations between hospital and patient characteristics with Implementation and Reach measures were estimated with mixed logistic regression models. RESULTS: Adoption: Of 95 eligible hospitals, 41 (43%) participated in the trial. Of the 20 hospitals randomized to the intervention, 19 (95%) initiated COMPASS-TC. Reach: A total of 24% (656/2751) of patients enrolled received a billable TC intervention, ranging from 6 to 66% across hospitals. IMPLEMENTATION: Of eligible patients enrolled, 75.9% received two-day calls (or two attempts) and 77.5% were scheduled/offered clinic visits. Most completed visits (78% of 975) occurred within 14 days. Effectiveness: Physical function was better among patients who attended a 14-day visit versus those who did not (adjusted mean difference: 3.84, 95% CI 1.42-6.27, p = 0.002). Maintenance: Of the 19 adopting hospitals, 14 (74%) sustained COMPASS-TC. CONCLUSIONS: COMPASS-TC implementation varied widely. The greatest challenge was reaching patients because of system difficulties maintaining consistent delivery of follow-up visits and patient preferences to pursue alternate post-acute care. Receiving COMPASS-TC was associated with better functional status. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT02588664. Registered 28 October 2015.


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Ataque Isquêmico Transitório/terapia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/terapia , Cuidado Transicional/economia , Feminino , Hospitais/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Ciência da Implementação , Ataque Isquêmico Transitório/economia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , North Carolina , Alta do Paciente/economia , Serviços Postais/economia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Telefone/economia
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BMC Health Serv Res ; 19(1): 877, 2019 Nov 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31752866

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BACKGROUND: In the move toward value-based care, bundled payments are believed to reduce waste and improve coordination. Some commercial insurers have addressed this through the use of bundled payment, the provision of one fee for all care associated with a given index procedure. This system was pioneered by Medicare, using a population generally over 65 years of age, and despite its adoption by mainstream insurers, little is known of bundled payments' ability to reduce variation or cost in a working-age population. This study uses a universally-insured, nationally-representative population of adults aged 18-65 to examine the effect of bundled payments for five high-cost surgical procedures which are known to vary widely in Medicare reimbursement: hip replacement, knee replacement, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), lumbar spinal fusion, and colectomy. METHODS: Five procedures conducted on adults aged 18-65 were identified from the TRICARE database from 2011 to 2014. A 90-day period from index procedure was used to determine episodes of associated post-acute care. Data was sorted by Zip code into hospital referral regions (HRR). Payments were determined from TRICARE reimbursement records, they were subsequently price standardized and adjusted for patient and surgical characteristics. Variation was assessed by stratifying the HRR into quintiles by spending for each index procedure. RESULTS: After adjusting for case mix, significant inter-quintile variation was observed for all procedures, with knee replacement showing the greatest variation in both index surgery (107%) and total cost of care (75%). Readmission was a driver of variation for colectomy and CABG, with absolute cost variation of $17,257 and $13,289 respectively. Other post-acute care spending was low overall (≤$1606, for CABG). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates significant regional variation in total spending for these procedures, but much lower spending for post-acute care than previously demonstrated by similar procedures in Medicare. Targeting post-acute care spending, a common approach taken by providers in bundled payment arrangements with Medicare, may be less fruitful in working aged populations.


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Gastos em Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Programas de Assistência Gerenciada/economia , Mecanismo de Reembolso , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Operatórios/economia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Artroplastia de Quadril/economia , Artroplastia do Joelho/economia , Colectomia/economia , Ponte de Artéria Coronária/economia , Grupos Diagnósticos Relacionados , Feminino , Reforma dos Serviços de Saúde/legislação & jurisprudência , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Militares , Fusão Vertebral/economia , Cuidados Semi-Intensivos/economia , Estados Unidos , Veteranos , Adulto Jovem
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