Home Heart Hospital Associated With Reduced Hospitalizations and Costs Among High-Cost Patients With Cardiovascular Disease.
Clin Cardiol
; 47(6): e24302, 2024 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-38874052
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is no widely accepted care model for managing high-need, high-cost (HNHC) patients. We hypothesized that a Home Heart Hospital (H3), which provides longitudinal, hospital-level at-home care, would improve care quality and reduce costs for HNHC patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD).OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate associations between enrollment in H3, which provides longitudinal, hospital-level at-home care, care quality, and costs for HNHC patients with CVD.METHODS:
This retrospective within-subject cohort study used insurance claims and electronic health records data to evaluate unadjusted and adjusted annualized hospitalization rates, total costs of care, part A costs, and mortality rates before, during, and following H3.RESULTS:
Ninety-four patients were enrolled in H3 between February 2019 and October 2021. Patients' mean age was 75 years and 50% were female. Common comorbidities included congestive heart failure (50%), atrial fibrillation (37%), coronary artery disease (44%). Relative to pre-enrollment, enrollment in H3 was associated with significant reductions in annualized hospitalization rates (absolute reduction (AR) 2.4 hospitalizations/year, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] -0.8, -4.0; p < 0.001; total costs of care (AR -$56 990, 95% CI -$105 170, -$8810; p < 0.05; and part A costs (AR -$78 210, 95% CI -$114 770, -$41 640; p < 0.001). Annualized post-H3 total costs and part A costs were significantly lower than pre-enrollment costs (total costs of care -$113 510, 95% CI -$151 340, -$65 320; p < 0.001; part A costs -$84 480, 95% CI -$121 040, -$47 920; p < 0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
Longitudinal home-based care models hold promise for improving quality and reducing healthcare spending for HNHC patients with CVD.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cardiovascular Diseases
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Hospitalization
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Cardiol
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
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