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Rosella LC, Hurst M, O'Neill M, Pagalan L, Diemert L, Kornas K, Hong A, Fisher S, Manuel DG. A study protocol for a predictive model to assess population-based avoidable hospitalization risk: Avoidable Hospitalization Population Risk Prediction Tool (AvHPoRT). Diagn Progn Res 2024; 8:2. [PMID: 38317268 PMCID: PMC10845544 DOI: 10.1186/s41512-024-00165-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Avoidable hospitalizations are considered preventable given effective and timely primary care management and are an important indicator of health system performance. The ability to predict avoidable hospitalizations at the population level represents a significant advantage for health system decision-makers that could facilitate proactive intervention for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs). The aim of this study is to develop and validate the Avoidable Hospitalization Population Risk Tool (AvHPoRT) that will predict the 5-year risk of first avoidable hospitalization for seven ACSCs using self-reported, routinely collected population health survey data. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The derivation cohort will consist of respondents to the first 3 cycles (2000/01, 2003/04, 2005/06) of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) who are 18-74 years of age at survey administration and a hold-out data set will be used for external validation. Outcome information on avoidable hospitalizations for 5 years following the CCHS interview will be assessed through data linkage to the Discharge Abstract Database (1999/2000-2017/2018) for an estimated sample size of 394,600. Candidate predictor variables will include demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, self-perceived health measures, health behaviors, chronic conditions, and area-based measures. Sex-specific algorithms will be developed using Weibull accelerated failure time survival models. The model will be validated both using split set cross-validation and external temporal validation split using cycles 2000-2006 compared to 2007-2012. We will assess measures of overall predictive performance (Nagelkerke R2), calibration (calibration plots), and discrimination (Harrell's concordance statistic). Development of the model will be informed by the Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis or Diagnosis (TRIPOD) statement. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This study was approved by the University of Toronto Research Ethics Board. The predictive algorithm and findings from this work will be disseminated at scientific meetings and in peer-reviewed publications.
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- Laura C Rosella
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Health Sciences Building 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada.
- Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- ICES, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Health Sciences Building 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada
- ICES, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Health Sciences Building 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Health Sciences Building 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Health Sciences Building 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Health Sciences Building 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada
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- PEAK Urban Research Programme, Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, NSW, Australia
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Health Sciences Building 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
- Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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Jack HE, Oliver MM, Berger DB, Bobb JF, Bradley KA, Hallgren KA. Association between clinical measures of unhealthy alcohol use and subsequent year hospital admissions in a primary care population. Drug Alcohol Depend 2023; 245:109821. [PMID: 36871376 PMCID: PMC10149294 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Screening for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care may help identify patients at risk for negative health outcomes. AIMS This study examined the associations between 1) screening with the AUDIT-C (alcohol consumption) and 2) an Alcohol Symptom Checklist (symptoms of alcohol use disorder) and subsequent-year hospitalizations. METHODS This retrospective cohort study was conducted in 29 primary care clinics in Washington State. Patients were screened in routine care (10/1/2016-2/1/2019) with the AUDIT-C (0-12) and administered the Alcohol Symptom Checklist (0-11) if they had AUDIT-C score ≥ 7. All-cause hospitalizations were measured within 1 year of the AUDIT-C and Alcohol Symptom Checklist. AUDIT-C and Alcohol Symptom Checklist scores were categorized based on previously used cut-points. FINDINGS Of 305,376 patients with AUDIT-Cs, 5.3% of patients were hospitalized in the following year. AUDIT-C scores had a J-shaped relationship with hospitalizations, with risk for all-cause hospitalizations higher for patients with the AUDIT-C scores 9-12 (12.1%; 95% CI: 10.6-13.7%, relative to a comparison group of those with AUDIT-C scores 1-2 (female)/1-3 (male) (3.7%; 95% CI: 3.6-3.8%), adjusted for socio-demographics. Patients with AUDIT-C ≥ 7 and Alcohol Symptom Checklist scores reflecting severe AUD were at increased risk of hospitalization (14.6%, 95% CI: 11.9-17.9%) relative to those with lower scores. CONCLUSIONS Higher AUDIT-C scores were associated with higher incidence of hospitalizations except among people with low-level drinking. Among patients with AUDIT-C ≥ 7, the Alcohol Symptom Checklist identified patients at increased risk of hospitalization. This study helps demonstrate the potential clinical utility of the AUDIT-C and Alcohol Symptom Checklist.
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- Helen E Jack
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 325 9th Ave, P.O. Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
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- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 325 9th Ave, P.O. Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104, USA; General Medicine Service, Veteran Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
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- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 325 9th Ave, P.O. Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104, USA; Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA; Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, 4060 E. Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, P.O. Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Blalock DV, Grubber J, Smith VA, Zulman DM, Weidenbacher HJ, Greene L, Dedert EA, Maciejewski ML. The association of alcohol use with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related hospitalizations or death in older, high-risk Veterans. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2021; 45:1215-1224. [PMID: 33844300 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of alcohol misuse among older adults has grown dramatically in the past decade, yet little is known about the association of alcohol misuse with hospitalization and death in this patient population. METHODS We examined the association between alcohol use (measured by a screening instrument in primary care) and rates of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related 6-month hospitalization or death via electronic health records (EHRs) in a nationally representative sample of older, high-risk Veterans. Models were adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, including frailty and comorbid conditions. RESULTS The all-cause hospitalization or death rate at 6 months was 14.9%, and the CVD-related hospitalization or death rate was 1.8%. In adjusted analyses, all-cause hospitalization or death was higher in older Veterans who were nondrinkers or harmful use drinkers compared to moderate use drinkers, but CVD-related hospitalization or death was similar in all categories of drinking. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the complex association between alcohol and all-cause acute healthcare utilization found in the broader population is similar in older, high-risk Veteran patients. These findings do not support an association between alcohol consumption and CVD-specific hospitalizations.
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- Dan V Blalock
- Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA
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- Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.,Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA, USA.,Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA
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- Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA, USA.,Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.,Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.,Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Wallar LE, Rosella LC. Risk factors for avoidable hospitalizations in Canada using national linked data: A retrospective cohort study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0229465. [PMID: 32182242 PMCID: PMC7077875 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hospitalizations for certain chronic conditions are considered avoidable for adult Canadians given effective and timely primary care management. Individual-level risk factors such as income and health behaviours are not routinely collected in most hospital databases and as a result, are largely uncharacterized for avoidable hospitalization at the national level. The aim of this study was to identify and describe demographic, socioeconomic, and health behavioural risk factors for avoidable hospitalizations in Canada using linked data. A national retrospective cohort study was conducted by pooling eight cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (2000/2001-2011) and linking to hospitalization records in the Discharge Abstract Database (1999/2000–2012/2013). Respondents who were younger than 18 years and older than 74 years of age, residing in Quebec, or pregnant at baseline were excluded yielding a final cohort of 389,065 individuals. The primary outcome measure was time-to index avoidable hospitalization. Sex-stratified Cox proportional hazard models were constructed to determine effect sizes adjusted for various factors and their associated 95% confidence intervals. Demographics, socioeconomic status, and health behaviours are associated with risk of avoidable hospitalizations in males and females. In fully adjusted models, health behavioural variables had the largest effect sizes including heavy smoking (Male HR 2.65 (95% CI 2.17–3.23); Female HR 3.41 (2.81–4.13)) and being underweight (Male HR 1.98 (1.14–3.43); Female HR 2.78 (1.61–4.81)). Immigrant status was protective in both sexes (Male HR 0.83 (0.69–0.98); (Female HR 0.69 (0.57–0.84)). Adjustment for behavioural and clinical variables attenuated the effect of individual-level socioeconomic status. This study identified several risk factors for time-to-avoidable hospitalizations by sex, using the largest national database of linked health survey and hospitalization records. The larger effect sizes of several modifiable risk factors highlights the importance of prevention in addressing avoidable hospitalizations in Canada.
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- Lauren E. Wallar
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Borg B, Douglas IS, Hull M, Keniston A, Moss M, Clark BJ. Alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge: a retrospective cohort study. Addict Sci Clin Pract 2018; 13:24. [PMID: 30514357 PMCID: PMC6278064 DOI: 10.1186/s13722-018-0125-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Purpose Patients with alcohol misuse are less likely to receive preventive health services but more likely to utilize emergency health services. However, the association between alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up after hospitalization is unknown and may depend on whether a patient experiences a critical illness. We sought to determine whether alcohol misuse was associated with lower rates of outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge and whether the magnitude of this association differed in patients who experienced a critical illness. Materials and methods This was a retrospective cohort study using administrative data from an urban safety net hospital. Patients were included if they were admitted between 2011 and 2015, were between the ages of 18 and 89, resided within the safety net county, were discharged home, and were at moderate to high risk for hospital readmission within the subsequent 30 days. Alcohol misuse was identified using a combination of ICD-9 codes and response to a single screening question. The primary outcome was a combined measure of follow-up with a primary care physician or specialist provider in the 30 days following hospital discharge. Multivariable logistic regression was used to adjust for factors known to be associated with healthcare utilization. Results Overall, 17,575 patients were included in the analysis; 4984 (28%) had alcohol misuse. In the 30 days following hospital discharge, 46% of patients saw any outpatient provider. In an unadjusted analysis, the association between alcohol misuse and attending any outpatient follow-up was dependent on whether patients had a critical illness (p value < 0.0001) with the highest rates of follow-up in survivors of critical illness without alcohol misuse (53%, 95% CI 51%, 55%) followed by patients without alcohol misuse or critical illness (49%; 95% CI 48%, 50%), patients with alcohol misuse without critical illness (38%; 95% CI 36%, 39%), and patients with alcohol misuse and a critical illness (37%; 95% CI 35%, 40%). Adjusting for factors associated with healthcare utilization, these findings were modestly attenuated but unchanged. Conclusions Patients with alcohol misuse who are at moderate to high risk for hospital readmission may benefit from targeted interventions to increase rates of outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13722-018-0125-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Bryan Borg
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA.,Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Box C272, RC2, 9th Floor, 12700 East 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Box C272, RC2, 9th Floor, 12700 East 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Box C272, RC2, 9th Floor, 12700 East 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. .,Division of Substance Dependence, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Broussard DL, Mason KE, Carruth AR, Carton TW. Assessing Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations at the County Level: A Comparison of Measures Using Medicare Data and State Hospital Discharge Data. Popul Health Manag 2018; 21:438-445. [DOI: 10.1089/pop.2017.0141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Louisiana Public Health Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Chavez LJ, Liu CF, Tefft N, Hebert PL, Devine B, Bradley KA. The Association Between Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Acute Care Expenditures in the 30 Days Following Hospital Discharge Among Older Veterans Affairs Patients with a Medical Condition. J Behav Health Serv Res 2017; 44:602-624. [PMID: 27585803 PMCID: PMC5332352 DOI: 10.1007/s11414-016-9529-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hospital readmissions and emergency department (ED) visits within 30 days of discharge are costly. Heavy alcohol use could predict increased risk for post-discharge acute care. This study assessed 30-day acute care utilization and expenditures for different categories of alcohol use. Veterans Affairs (VA) patients age ≥65 years with past-year alcohol screening, hospitalized for a medical condition, were included. VA and Medicare health care utilization data were used. Two-part models adjusted for patient demographics. Among 416,050 hospitalized patients, 25% had 30-day acute care use. Nondrinking patients (n = 267,746) had increased probability of acute care use, mean utilization days, and expenditures (difference of $345; 95% CI $268-$423), relative to low-risk drinkers (n = 105,023). High-risk drinking patients (n = 5,300) had increased probability of acute care use and mean utilization days, but not expenditures. Although these patients did not have greater acute care expenditures than low-risk drinking patients, they may nevertheless be vulnerable to poor post-discharge outcomes.
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- Laura J Chavez
- Health Services Research & Development, Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
- Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 1841 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Health Services Research & Development, Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA
- Department of Health Services, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Bates College, 2 Andrews Rd, Lewiston, ME, 04240, USA
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- Health Services Research & Development, Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA
- Department of Health Services, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Health Services Research & Development, Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA
- Department of Health Services, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
- Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
- Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA
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Bradley KA, Rubinsky AD, Lapham GT, Berger D, Bryson C, Achtmeyer C, Hawkins EJ, Chavez LJ, Williams EC, Kivlahan DR. Predictive validity of clinical AUDIT-C alcohol screening scores and changes in scores for three objective alcohol-related outcomes in a Veterans Affairs population. Addiction 2016; 111:1975-1984. [PMID: 27349855 DOI: 10.1111/add.13505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate the association between Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) alcohol screening scores, collected as part of routine clinical care, and three outcomes in the following year (Aim 1), and the association between changes in AUDIT-C risk group at 1-year follow-up and the same outcomes in the subsequent year (Aim 2). DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Twenty-four US Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systems (2004-07), before systematic implementation of brief intervention. PARTICIPANTS A total of 486 115 out-patients with AUDIT-Cs documented in their electronic health records (EHRs) on two occasions ≥ 12 months apart ('baseline' and 'follow-up'). MEASUREMENTS Independent measures were baseline AUDIT-C scores and change in standard AUDIT-C risk groups (no use, low-risk use and mild, moderate, severe misuse) from baseline to follow-up. Outcome measures were (1) high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), (2) alcohol-related gastrointestinal hospitalizations ('GI hospitalizations') and (3) physical trauma, each in the years after baseline and follow-up. FINDINGS Baseline AUDIT-C scores had a positive association with outcomes in the following year. Across AUDIT-C scores 0-12, mean HDL ranged from 41.4 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 41.3-41.5] to 53.5 (95% CI = 51.4-55.6) mg/l, and probabilities of GI hospitalizations from 0.49% (95% CI = 0.48-0.51%) to 1.8% (95% CI = 1.3-2.3%) and trauma from 3.0% (95% CI = 2.95-3.06%) to 6.0% (95% CI = 5.2-6.8%). At follow-up, patients who increased to moderate or severe alcohol misuse had consistently higher mean HDL and probabilities of subsequent GI hospitalizations or trauma compared with those who did not (P-values all < 0.05). For example, among those with baseline low-risk use, in those with persistent low-risk use versus severe misuse at follow-up, the probabilities of subsequent trauma were 2.65% (95% CI = 2.54-2.75%) versus 5.15% (95% CI = 3.86-6.45%), respectively. However, for patients who decreased to lower AUDIT-C risk groups at follow-up, findings were inconsistent across outcomes, with only mean HDL decreasing in most groups that decreased use (P-values all < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS When AUDIT-C screening is conducted in clinical settings, baseline AUDIT-C scores and score increases to moderate-severe alcohol misuse at follow-up screening appear to have predictive validity for HDL cholesterol, alcohol-related gastrointestinal hospitalizations and physical trauma. Decreasing AUDIT-C scores collected in clinical settings appear to have predictive validity for only HDL.
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- Katharine A Bradley
- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA. .,Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE), Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA. .,Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA. .,Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. .,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE), Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.,The Kidney Health Research Collaborative, University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA.,Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- General Medicine Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA.,General Medicine Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE), Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.,General Medicine Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE), Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE), Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Falster MO, Jorm LR, Douglas KA, Blyth FM, Elliott RF, Leyland AH. Sociodemographic and health characteristics, rather than primary care supply, are major drivers of geographic variation in preventable hospitalizations in Australia. Med Care 2015; 53:436-45. [PMID: 25793270 PMCID: PMC4396734 DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Geographic rates of preventable hospitalization are used internationally as an indicator of accessibility and quality of primary care. Much research has correlated the indicator with the supply of primary care services, yet multiple other factors may influence these admissions. Objective: To quantify the relative contributions of the supply of general practitioners (GPs) and personal sociodemographic and health characteristics, to geographic variation in preventable hospitalization. Methods: Self-reported questionnaire data for 267,091 participants in the 45 and Up Study, Australia, were linked with administrative hospital data to identify preventable hospitalizations. Multilevel Poisson models, with participants clustered in their geographic area of residence, were used to explore factors that explain geographic variation in hospitalization. Results: GP supply, measured as full-time workload equivalents, was not a significant predictor of preventable hospitalization, and explained only a small amount (2.9%) of the geographic variation in hospitalization rates. Conversely, more than one-third (36.9%) of variation was driven by the sociodemographic composition, health, and behaviors of the population. These personal characteristics explained a greater amount of the variation for chronic conditions (37.5%) than acute (15.5%) or vaccine-preventable conditions (2.4%). Conclusions: Personal sociodemographic and health characteristics, rather than GP supply, are major drivers of preventable hospitalization. Their contribution varies according to condition, and if used for performance comparison purposes, geographic rates of preventable hospitalization should be reported according to individual condition or potential pathways for intervention.
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- Michael O Falster
- *Centre for Health Research, University of Western Sydney, Sydney †The Sax Institute, Sydney, New South Wales ‡Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra §Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ∥Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen ¶MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Trachtenberg AJ, Dik N, Chateau D, Katz A. Inequities in ambulatory care and the relationship between socioeconomic status and respiratory hospitalizations: a population-based study of a canadian city. Ann Fam Med 2014; 12:402-7. [PMID: 25354403 PMCID: PMC4157976 DOI: 10.1370/afm.1683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Individuals of lower socioeconomic status have higher rates of hospitalization due to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. We examined whether differences in patient demographics, ambulatory care use, or physician characteristics could explain this disparity in avoidable hospitalizations. METHODS Using administrative data from the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, we identified all adults aged 18 to 70 years with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma, grouped together as obstructive airway disease. We divided patients into census-derived income quintiles using average household income. We performed a series of multivariate logistic regression analyses to determine how the association of socioeconomic status with the risk of obstructive airway disease-related hospitalizations changed after controlling for blocks of covariates related to patient demographics (socioeconomic status, age, sex, and comorbidity), ambulatory care use (continuity influenza vaccination and specialist referral), and characteristics of the patient's usual physician (eg, payment mechanism, sex, years in practice). RESULTS We included 34,741 patients with obstructive airway disease, 729 (2.1%) of whom were hospitalized with a related diagnosis during a 2-year period. Patients having a lower income were more likely to be hospitalized than peers having the highest income, and this effect of socioeconomic status remained virtually unchanged after controlling for every other variable studied. In a fully adjusted model, patients in the lowest income quintile had approximately 3 times the odds of hospitalization relative to counterparts in the highest income quintile (odds ratio = 2.93; 95% confidence limits: 2.19, 3.93). CONCLUSIONS In the setting of universal health care, the income-based disparity in hospitalizations for respiratory ambulatory care-sensitive conditions cannot be explained by factors directly related to the use of ambulatory services that can be measured using administrative data. Our findings suggest that we look beyond the health care system at the broader social determinants of health to reduce the number of avoidable hospitalizations among the poor.
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- Aaron J Trachtenberg
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Löfqvist T, Burström B, Walander A, Ljung R. Inequalities in avoidable hospitalisation by area income and the role of individual characteristics: a population-based register study in Stockholm County, Sweden. BMJ Qual Saf 2013; 23:206-14. [PMID: 24082149 DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Avoidable hospitalisations are hospital admissions for medical conditions that could potentially have been prevented by outpatient healthcare. They are used as an indicator of access to and quality of primary healthcare. AIM To investigate the association between median area income and avoidable hospitalisation and whether potential differences can be explained by contextual or compositional factors. METHOD Median area income was calculated for all 43 city districts and municipalities in Stockholm County during 2005-2007 and grouped into quintiles. The association between median area income and avoidable hospitalisation was studied by calculating age-adjusted rates. To disentangle contextual and compositional effects, ORs with 95% CIs were calculated, controlling for individual age, sex, country of birth, marital status and socioeconomic position. RESULTS Rates of avoidable hospitalisation were higher in areas with lower income, 1535 per 100 000 inhabitants in the lowest area income quintile compared with 1179 in the highest area income quintile after age standardisation. For the age group 18-64 years, comparing the lowest quintile with the highest quintile, adjustment for individual characteristics of residents (compositional factors) reduced the crude OR from 1.52 (95% CI 1.44 to 1.60) to 1.12 (95% CI 1.06 to 1.19). For the age group 65-79 years, the ORs were 1.28 (1.21 to 1.36) and 1.06 (1.00 to 1.13), respectively. For those aged 80+ years, no association was found with area median income. CONCLUSIONS Higher rates of avoidable hospitalisation in low-income areas indicate greater healthcare needs of people living there. This should be addressed by investing in outpatient care for lower socioeconomic groups. The composition of individuals must be considered when studying area characteristics and avoidable hospitalisation.
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- Therese Löfqvist
- Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, , Stockholm, Sweden
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Clark BJ, Williams A, Feemster LMC, Bradley KA, Macht M, Moss M, Burnham EL. Alcohol screening scores and 90-day outcomes in patients with acute lung injury. Crit Care Med 2013; 41:1518-25. [PMID: 23538449 PMCID: PMC4048714 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e318287f1bb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The effects of excess alcohol consumption (alcohol misuse) on outcomes in patients with acute lung injury have been inconsistent, and there are no studies examining this association in the era of low tidal volume ventilation and a fluid conservative strategy. We sought to determine whether validated scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test that correspond to past-year abstinence (zone 1), low-risk drinking (zone 2), mild to moderate alcohol misuse (zone 3), and severe alcohol misuse (zone 4) are associated with poor outcomes in patients with acute lung injury. DESIGN Secondary analysis. SETTING The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network, a consortium of 12 university centers (44 hospitals) dedicated to the conduct of multicenter clinical trials in patients with acute lung injury. SUBJECTS Patients meeting consensus criteria for acute lung injury enrolled in one of three recent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network clinical trials. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Of 1,133 patients enrolled in one of three Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network studies, 1,037 patients had an Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test score available for analysis. Alcohol misuse was common with 70 (7%) of patients having Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test scores in zone 3 and 129 (12%) patients in zone 4. There was a U-shaped association between validated Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test zones and death or persistent hospitalization at 90 days (34% in zone 1, 26% in zone 2, 27% in zone 3, 36% in zone 4; p < 0.05 for comparison of zone 1 to zone 2 and zone 4 to zone 2). In a multiple logistic regression model, there was a significantly higher odds of death or persistent hospitalization in patients having Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test zone 4 compared with those in zone 2 (adjusted odds ratio 1.70; 95% confidence interval 1.00, 2.87; p = 0.048). CONCLUSIONS Severe but not mild to moderate alcohol misuse is independently associated with an increased risk of death or persistent hospitalization at 90 days in acute lung injury patients.
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- Brendan J Clark
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Smoking cessation and the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia. Respir Med 2012; 106:1055-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Revised: 03/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Development of a measure to assess the implementation of children's systems of care: the Systems of Care Implementation Survey (SOCIS). J Behav Health Serv Res 2011; 38:288-302. [PMID: 21590313 DOI: 10.1007/s11414-011-9239-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The children's system of care framework has been extensively implemented in the U.S. Since its inception in 1993, the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program has invested in excess of $1 billion supporting the development of systems of care in 164 grantee sites across the country. Despite these efforts to implement children's systems of care nationally, little is known about the extent to which the principles and values actually have been put into practice outside of the funded grantee sites. This paper describes the development of the Systems of Care Implementation Survey, a measure designed specifically for the first ever study assessing the level of implementation of factors contributing to effective children's systems of care in a nationally representative sample of counties throughout the U.S.
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