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Dialysis Costs for a Health System Participating in Value-Based Care.
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American Journal of Managed Care . Aug2023, Vol. 29 Issue 8, pe235-e241. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVES: Unplanned "crash" dialysis starts are associated with worse outcomes and higher costs, a challenging problem for health systems participating in value-based care (VBC). We examined expenditures and utilization associated with these events in a large health system. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective, single-center study at Cleveland Clinic, a large, integrated health system participating in VBC contracts, including a Medicare accountable care organization. METHODS: We analyzed beneficiaries who transitioned to dialysis between 2017 and 2020. Crash starts involved initiating inpatient hemodialysis (HD) with a central venous catheter (CVC). Optimal starts were initiated with either home dialysis or outpatient HD without a CVC. Suboptimal starts were initiated with outpatient HD with a CVC or inpatient HD without a CVC. RESULTS: A total of 495 patients initiated chronic dialysis: 260 crash starts, 130 optimal starts, and 105 suboptimal starts. Median predialysis 12-month cost was $67,059 for crash starts, $17,891 for optimal starts, and $7633 for suboptimal starts (P < .001). Median postdialysis 12-month cost was $71,992 for crash starts, $55,427 for optimal starts, and $72,032 for suboptimal starts (P = .001). Predialysis inpatient admission per 1000 beneficiaries was 1236 per 1000 for crash starts vs 273 per 1000 for optimal starts and 170 per 1000 for suboptimal starts (P < .001). Postdialysis inpatient admission for crash starts was 853 per 1000 vs 291 per 1000 for optimal starts and 184 per 1000 for suboptimal starts (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: In a major health system, crash starts demonstrated the highest cost and hospital utilization, a pattern that persisted after dialysis initiation. Developing strategies to promote optimal starts will improve VBC contract performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CRASH carts (Emergency medicine)
*STATISTICS
*KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
*PATIENT participation
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*ANALYSIS of variance
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*ONE-way analysis of variance
*MEDICAL care costs
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*MANN Whitney U Test
*VALUE-based healthcare
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*HEMODIALYSIS
*HEALTH systems agencies
*INTEGRATED health care delivery
*ODDS ratio
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*CENTRAL venous catheters
*MEDICARE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10880224
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Managed Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 171805071
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2023.89410