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Oami T, Abe T, Nakada TA, Imaeda T, Aizimu T, Takahashi N, Yamao Y, Nakagawa S, Ogura H, Shime N, Umemura Y, Matsushima A, Fushimi K. Association between hospital spending and in-hospital mortality of patients with sepsis based on a Japanese nationwide medical claims database study. Heliyon 2024; 10:e23480. [PMID: 38170111 PMCID: PMC10758802 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Background The effect of hospital spending on the mortality rate of patients with sepsis has not yet been fully elucidated. We hypothesized that hospitals that consume more medical resources would have lower mortality rates among patients with sepsis. Methods This retrospective study used administrative data from 2010 to 2017. The enrolled hospitals were divided into quartiles based on average daily medical cost per sepsis case. The primary and secondary outcomes were the average in-hospital mortality rate of patients with sepsis and the effective cost per survivor among the enrolled hospitals, respectively. A multiple regression model was used to determine the significance of the differences among hospital categories to adjust for baseline imbalances. Results Among 997 hospitals enrolled in this study, the crude in-hospital mortality rates were 15.7% and 13.2% in the lowest and highest quartiles of hospital spending, respectively. After adjusting for confounding factors, the highest hospital spending group demonstrated a significantly lower in-hospital mortality rate than the lowest hospital spending group (coefficient = -0.025, 95% confidence interval [CI] -0.034 to -0.015; p < 0.0001). Similarly, the highest hospital spending group was associated with a significantly higher effective cost per survivor than the lowest hospital spending group (coefficient = 77.7, 95% CI 73.1 to 82.3; p < 0.0001). In subgroup analyses, hospitals with a small or medium number of beds demonstrated a consistent pattern with the primary test, whereas those with a large number of beds or academic affiliations displayed no association. Conclusions Using a nationwide Japanese medical claims database, this study indicated that hospitals with greater expenditures were associated with a superior survival rate and a higher effective cost per survivor in patients with sepsis than those with lower expenditures. In contrast, no correlations between hospital spending and mortality were observed in hospitals with a large number of beds or academic affiliations.
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- Takehiko Oami
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Health Services Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Informatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Reinhardt SW, Clark KA, Xin X, Parzynski CS, Riello RJ, Sarocco P, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Thirty-Day and 90-Day Episode of Care Spending Following Heart Failure Hospitalization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2022; 15:e008069. [DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.121.008069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Despite growing interest in value-based models, utilization patterns and costs for heart failure (HF) admissions are not well understood. We sought to characterize Medicare spending for patients with HF for 30- and 90-day episodes of care (which include an index hospitalization and 30 or 90 days following discharge) and to describe the patterns of post-acute care spending.
METHODS:
Using Medicare fee-for-service administrative claims data from 2016 to 2018, we performed a retrospective analysis of patients discharged after hospitalization with primary discharge diagnoses of systolic HF, diastolic HF, hypertensive heart disease (HHD) with HF, and HHD with HF and chronic kidney disease. We analyzed coding patterns across these groups over time, median 30- and 90-day payments, and costs allocated to index hospitalization and postacute care.
RESULTS:
The study included 935 962 patients discharged following hospitalization for HF (systolic HF: 178 603; diastolic HF: 165 156; HHD with HF: 226 929; HHD with HF and chronic kidney disease: 365 274). The proportion of HHD codes increased from 26% of HF hospitalizations in 2016 to 91% in 2018. There was substantial spending on 30-day (median $13 330, interquartile range $9912–$22 489) and 90-day episodes (median $21 658, interquartile range $12 423–$37 630) for HF with significant variation, such that the third quartile of patients incurred costs 3 times the amount of the first quartile. Across all codes, the index hospitalization accounted for ≈70% of 30-day and 45% of 90-day spending. Sixty-one percent of postacute care spending occurred 31 to 90 days following discharge, with readmissions and observation stays (36%) and skilled nursing facilities (27%) comprising the largest categories.
CONCLUSIONS:
This patient episode-level analysis of contemporary Medicare beneficiaries is the first to examine 90-day spending, which will become an increasingly important pasyment benchmark with the expansion of the Medicare Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Program. Further investigation into the drivers of costs will be essential to provide high-value HF care.
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- Samuel W. Reinhardt
- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (S.W.R., K.A.A.C., T.A., N.R.D.)
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (S.W.R., K.A.A.C., T.A., N.R.D.)
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- Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluationm Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven‚ CT. (X.X., C.S.P., T.A., N.R.D.)
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- Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluationm Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven‚ CT. (X.X., C.S.P., T.A., N.R.D.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven‚ CT. (R.J.R.)
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- Cytokinetics, Incorporated, South San Francisco, CA (P.S.)
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (S.W.R., K.A.A.C., T.A., N.R.D.)
- Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluationm Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven‚ CT. (X.X., C.S.P., T.A., N.R.D.)
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (S.W.R., K.A.A.C., T.A., N.R.D.)
- Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluationm Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven‚ CT. (X.X., C.S.P., T.A., N.R.D.)
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Huber TC, Jahangiri Y, Weinberg I, Giri J, Jaff MR, Kaufman J. Analysis of Costs and Payments for Inferior Vena Cava Filter Retrieval in the Medicare Population. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2021; 32:1164-1169. [PMID: 34332717 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Over the past decade, inferior vena cava (IVC) filter retrieval has been increasing, in part due to Food and Drug Administration recommendations and legal pressure. The costs and margin of IVC filter removal are poorly understood. Medicare claims data from 2016 for the 103 highest volume centers for IVC filter retrieval were examined. Pooled mean charges, costs, payments, and margin were calculated by institution. Mean ± SD charges, costs, and payments were $14,138.00 ± $8,400.48, $3,693.28 ± $2,294.27, and $1,949.82 ± $702.91, respectively. Average (range) margin was -$1,706.18 (-$7,509.93 to $362.77). The margin was negative in 99 of the 103 (96%) institutions evaluated. The most significant contributors to the total procedure cost were operating room, supplies, and recovery (44.5%, 23.5%, and 10.4%, respectively). While IVC filter retrieval is often medically indicated, it is typically associated with a financial loss under current reimbursement structure.
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- Timothy C Huber
- Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
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- Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts
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- Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Ellenbogen MI, Prichett L, Newman-Toker DE, Brotman DJ. Characterizing the relationship between diagnostic intensity and quality of care. Diagnosis (Berl) 2021; 9:123-126. [PMID: 34261203 PMCID: PMC10642069 DOI: 10.1515/dx-2021-0062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The relationship between diagnostic intensity and quality of care has not been well-characterized at the hospital level. We performed an exploratory analysis to better delineate this relationship using a hospital-level diagnostic overuse index and accepted hospital quality metrics (readmissions and mortality). METHODS We previously developed and published a hospital-level diagnostic overuse index. A hospital's overuse index value (which ranges from 0 to 0.986, with larger numbers indicating more overuse) was our predictor variable of interest. The outcome variables were excess readmission ratios and mortality rates for common medical conditions, which CMS publicly reports. The model controlled for Elixhauser comorbidity score, hospital bed size, hospital teaching status, and random effects that vary by state. RESULTS We did not find a statistically significant relationship between our overuse index and the quality measures we evaluated. CONCLUSIONS The lack of a significant relationship between diagnostic intensity and quality, at least as measured by our overuse index and the tested quality metrics, suggests that well-targeted efforts to reduce diagnostic overuse in hospitals may not adversely impact quality of care.
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- Michael I Ellenbogen
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Hopkins Business of Health Initiative, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Data Management (BEAD) Core, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Urbich M, Globe G, Pantiri K, Heisen M, Bennison C, Wirtz HS, Di Tanna GL. A Systematic Review of Medical Costs Associated with Heart Failure in the USA (2014-2020). PHARMACOECONOMICS 2020; 38:1219-1236. [PMID: 32812149 PMCID: PMC7546989 DOI: 10.1007/s40273-020-00952-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Heart failure presents a growing clinical and economic burden in the USA. Robust cost data on the burden of illness are critical to inform economic evaluations of new therapeutic interventions. OBJECTIVES This systematic literature review of heart failure-related costs in the USA aimed to assess the quality of the published evidence and provide a narrative synthesis of current data. METHODS Four electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, EconLit, and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination York Database, including the NHS Economic Evaluation Database and Health Technology Assessment Database) were searched for journal articles published between January 2014 and March 2020. The review, registered with PROSPERO (CRD42019134201), was restricted to cost-of-illness studies in adults with heart failure events in the USA. RESULTS Eighty-seven studies were included, 41 of which allowed a comparison of cost estimates across studies. The annual median total medical costs for heart failure care were estimated at $24,383 per patient, with heart failure-specific hospitalizations driving costs (median $15,879 per patient). Analyses of subgroups revealed that heart failure-related costs are highly sensitive to individual patient characteristics (such as the presence of comorbidities and age) with large variations even within a subgroup. Additionally, differences in study design and a lack of standardized reporting limited the ability to compare cost estimates. The finding that costs are higher for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction compared with patients with preserved ejection fraction highlights the need for differentiating among different heart failure types. CONCLUSIONS The review underpins the conclusion drawn in earlier reviews, namely that hospitalization costs are the key driver of heart failure-related costs. Analyses of subgroups provide a clearer understanding of sources of heterogeneity in cost data. While current cost estimates provide useful indications of economic burden, understanding the nuances of the data is critical to support its application.
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- Michael Urbich
- Amgen (Europe) GmbH, Global Health Economics, Suurstoffi 22, 6343, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.
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- Amgen Inc, Global Health Economics, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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- Pharmerit - an OPEN Health Company, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amgen Inc, Global Health Economics, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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