Abstract 21: Variation in Hospital Costs of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Author(s):  
Amit P Amin ◽  
Richard G Bach ◽  
Eric Novak ◽  
John M Lasala ◽  
Jasvindar Singh

Introduction: A great emphasis exists on improving PCI outcomes and quality, but there are no data on the variation in hospitals' costs of PCI. As Payers move away from a fee-for-service model, most forms of bundled payments or gain-sharing, increasingly require hospitals to contain costs. Hospitals are at financial risk if costs exceed a specified budget. Our goal was to understand the variation in costs of PCI across hospitals, and the extent of the variation in PCI costs explained by hospitals, after controlling for patient characteristics. Methods: We identified 230,410 patients undergoing PCI at 258 hospitals (performing ≥100 PCIs), from 2007-2010 from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project state inpatient database (SID) from California, Florida and New York. The SID includes 97% of all discharges regardless of payers, from these states. Costs of PCI were determined by applying hospital- and year-specific Cost-to-Charge Ratios to the total charges. Variation in costs of PCI across hospitals were examined by a hierarchical linear regression model with PCI costs as the dependent variable and hospital site as a random effect, adjusting for differences in prevalence of patient and demographic characteristics by hospital site. Results: The mean cost of performing a PCI procedure was $17,543 ± $ 12767. We observed a large degree of variation in mean PCI costs across hospitals ranging from $5,823 to $38,532. Length of stay (LOS), was associated with incrementally higher PCI cost ($2,400, per day p<0.0001). After adjusting for LOS, PCI complications, and patient comorbidities, we observed a persistent 24% variation in PCI costs across hospitals. A significant interaction between hospital cost quintile and LOS (interaction P-value <0.001) was also observed, such that in the highest quintile hospital, PCI costs were higher by $1,277 per day LOS, despite adjusting for LOS and patient comorbidities and PCI complications. Conclusions: PCI costs vary tremendously across hospitals. Approximately one quarter of the variation in PCI costs is explained by hospitals, despite controlling for differences in LOS, PCI complications and patient characteristics. The same LOS costs differently across different hospitals. There is an urgent need for hospitals to examine and reduce the variation in PCI costs.

Author(s):  
Amit P Amin ◽  
Robert Shapiro ◽  
Eric Novak ◽  
Margaret Olsen ◽  
Jasvindar Singh ◽  
...  

Introduction: Contrast induced Acute Kidney Injury (CI-AKI) is a common and morbid complication of cardiac catheterization (cath) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and increases patients’ mortality risk. However, little is known about the costs of CI-AKI or its impact on length of stay (LOS). Our objective was to examine independent costs and LOS associated with CI-AKI after adjusting for patient characteristics and comorbidities. Methods: We identified 495,655 patients with ischemic heart disease (diagnosis codes 411.x- 414.x) undergoing cath or PCI (procedure codes 88.55-88.57) from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) state inpatient database (SID) from California, Florida, and New York from 2007-2010. The SID includes 97% of all discharges from these states, regardless of payers. Costs of hospitalization were determined by applying hospital- and year-specific Cost-to-Charge Ratios to the data on total charges. CI-AKI was identified by diagnosis codes 584.5-584.9 during the index hospitalization. Independent costs of CI-AKI were identified by a linear regression model adjusting for patient characteristics and comorbidities. Results: Among 495,655 patients undergoing cath or PCI, CI-AKI occurred in 24,414 (4.9%). Patients developing CI-AKI were more likely to be elderly males with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. The median cost of hospitalization for cath or PCI was $13,539. CI-AKI was associated with an increased length of stay by 7 days and with a doubling of the unadjusted cost of hospitalization, by $14,668. After adjusting for patient characteristics and comorbidities, the independent, incremental cost of CI-AKI was $10,667 (95% CI 10,488 to 10,847, P<0.0001). Conclusions: CI-AKI occurs commonly and is a very costly complication among patients undergoing cath or PCI. In this study it increased LOS by 7 days and added an incremental cost exceeding $10,000. Our study underscores the importance of preventing CI-AKI to reduce morbidity and save costs.


Author(s):  
Stephen Thomas ◽  
Ankur Patel ◽  
Corey Patrick ◽  
Gary Delhougne

AbstractDespite advancements in surgical technique and component design, implant loosening, stiffness, and instability remain leading causes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) failure. Patient-specific instruments (PSI) aid in surgical precision and in implant positioning and ultimately reduce readmissions and revisions in TKA. The objective of the study was to evaluate total hospital cost and readmission rate at 30, 60, 90, and 365 days in PSI-guided TKA patients. We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent a primary TKA for osteoarthritis from the Premier Perspective Database between 2014 and 2017 Q2. TKA with PSI patients were identified using appropriate keywords from billing records and compared against patients without PSI. Patients were excluded if they were < 21 years of age; outpatient hospital discharges; evidence of revision TKA; bilateral TKA in same discharge or different discharges. 1:1 propensity score matching was used to control patients, hospital, and clinical characteristics. Generalized Estimating Equation model with appropriate distribution and link function were used to estimate hospital related cost while logistic regression models were used to estimate 30, 60, and 90 days and 1-year readmission rate. The study matched 3,358 TKAs with PSI with TKA without PSI patients. Mean total hospital costs were statistically significantly (p < 0.0001) lower for TKA with PSI ($14,910; 95% confidence interval [CI]: $14,735–$15,087) than TKA without PSI patients ($16,018; 95% CI: $15,826–$16,212). TKA with PSI patients were 31% (odds ratio [OR]: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.51–0.95; p-value = 0.0218) less likely to be readmitted at 30 days; 35% (OR: 0.65; 95% CI: 0.50–0.86; p-value = 0.0022) less likely to be readmitted at 60 days; 32% (OR: 0.68; 95% CI: 0.53–0.88; p-value = 0.0031) less likely to be readmitted at 90 days; 28% (OR: 0.72; 95% CI: 0.60–0.86; p-value = 0.0004) less likely to be readmitted at 365 days than TKA without PSI patients. Hospitals and health care professionals can use retrospective real-world data to make informed decisions on using PSI to reduce hospital cost and readmission rate, and improve outcomes in TKA patients.


2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 818-824
Author(s):  
Sasha Vaziri ◽  
Joseph M. Abbatematteo ◽  
Max S. Fleisher ◽  
Alexander B. Dru ◽  
Dennis T. Lockney ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVEThe American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) online surgical risk calculator uses inherent patient characteristics to provide predictive risk scores for adverse postoperative events. The purpose of this study was to determine if predicted perioperative risk scores correlate with actual hospital costs.METHODSA single-center retrospective review of 1005 neurosurgical patients treated between September 1, 2011, and December 31, 2014, was performed. Individual patient characteristics were entered into the NSQIP calculator. Predicted risk scores were compared with actual in-hospital costs obtained from a billing database. Correlational statistics were used to determine if patients with higher risk scores were associated with increased in-hospital costs.RESULTSThe Pearson correlation coefficient (R) was used to assess the correlation between 11 types of predicted complication risk scores and 5 types of encounter costs from 1005 health encounters involving neurosurgical procedures. Risk scores in categories such as any complication, serious complication, pneumonia, cardiac complication, surgical site infection, urinary tract infection, venous thromboembolism, renal failure, return to operating room, death, and discharge to nursing home or rehabilitation facility were obtained. Patients with higher predicted risk scores in all measures except surgical site infection were found to have a statistically significant association with increased actual in-hospital costs (p < 0.0005).CONCLUSIONSPrevious work has demonstrated that the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator can accurately predict mortality after neurosurgery but is poorly predictive of other potential adverse events and clinical outcomes. However, this study demonstrates that predicted high-risk patients identified by the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator have a statistically significant moderate correlation to increased actual in-hospital costs. The NSQIP calculator may not accurately predict the occurrence of surgical complications (as demonstrated previously), but future iterations of the ACS universal risk calculator may be effective in predicting actual in-hospital costs, which could be advantageous in the current value-based healthcare environment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan B. Weir ◽  
Neil Sardesai ◽  
Julio J. Jauregui ◽  
Ehsan Jazini ◽  
Michael J. Sokolow ◽  
...  

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: As hospital compensation becomes increasingly dependent on pay-for-performance and bundled payment compensation models, hospitals seek to reduce costs and increase quality. To our knowledge, no reported data compare these measures between hospital settings for elective lumbar procedures. The study compares hospital-reported outcomes and costs for elective lumbar procedures performed at a tertiary hospital (TH) versus community hospitals (CH) within a single health care system. Methods: Retrospective review of a physician-maintained, prospectively collected database consisting of 1 TH and 4 CH for 3 common lumbar surgeries from 2015 to 2016. Patients undergoing primary elective microdiscectomy for disc herniation, laminectomy for spinal stenosis, and laminectomy with fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis were included. Patients were excluded for traumatic, infectious, or malignant pathology. Comparing hospital settings, outcomes included length of stay (LOS), rates of 30-day readmissions, potentially preventable complications (PPC), and discharge to rehabilitation facility, and hospital costs. Results: A total of 892 patients (n = 217 microdiscectomies, n = 302 laminectomies, and n = 373 laminectomy fusions) were included. The TH served a younger patient population with fewer comorbid conditions and a higher proportion of African Americans. The TH performed more decompressions ( P < .001) per level fused; the CH performed more interbody fusions ( P = .007). Cost of performing microdiscectomy ( P < .001) and laminectomy ( P = .014) was significantly higher at the TH, but there was no significant difference for laminectomy with fusion. In a multivariable stepwise linear regression analysis, the TH was significantly more expensive for single-level microdiscectomy ( P < .001) and laminectomy with single-level fusion ( P < .001), but trended toward significance for laminectomy without fusion ( P = .052). No difference existed for PPC or readmissions rate. Patients undergoing laminectomy without fusion were discharged to a facility more often at the TH ( P = .019). Conclusions: We provide hospital-reported outcomes between a TH and CH. Significant differences in patient characteristics and surgical practices exist between surgical settings. Despite minimal differences in hospital-reported outcomes, the TH was significantly more expensive.


Author(s):  
Sean S. Rajaee ◽  
Eytan M. Debbi ◽  
Guy D. Paiement ◽  
Andrew I. Spitzer

AbstractGiven a national push toward bundled payment models, the purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence as well as the effect of smoking on early inpatient complications and cost following elective total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the United States across multiple years. Using the nationwide inpatient sample, all primary elective TKA admissions were identified from 2012 to 2014. Patients were stratified by smoking status through a secondary diagnosis of “tobacco use disorder.” Patient characteristics as well as prevalence, costs, and incidence of complications were compared. There was a significant increase in the rate of smoking in TKA from 17.9% in 2012 to 19.2% in 2014 (p < 0.0001). The highest rate was seen in patients < 45 years of age (27.3%). Hospital resource usage was significantly higher for smokers, with a length of stay of 3.3 versus 2.9 days (p < 0.0001), and hospital costs of $16,752 versus $15,653 (p < 0.0001). A multivariable logistic model adjusting for age, gender, and comorbidities showed that smokers had an increased odds ratio for myocardial infarction (5.72), cardiac arrest (4.59), stroke (4.42), inpatient mortality (4.21), pneumonia (4.01), acute renal failure (2.95), deep vein thrombosis (2.74), urinary tract infection (2.43), transfusion (1.38) and sepsis (0.65) (all p < 0.0001). Smoking is common among patients undergoing elective TKA, and its prevalence continues to rise. Smoking is associated with higher hospital costs as well as higher rates of immediate inpatient complications. These findings are critical for risk stratification, improving of bundled payment models as well as patient education, and optimization prior to surgery to reduce costs and complications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Zimmermann ◽  
J Du Fay De Lavallaz ◽  
T Nestelberger ◽  
D Gualandro ◽  
P Badertscher ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The incidence, characteristics, determinants, and prognostic impact of recurrent syncope are largely unknown, causing uncertainty for both patients and physicians. Methods We characterized recurrent syncope including sex-specific aspects and its impact on death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in a large prospective international multicenter study enrolling patients ≥40 years presenting with syncope to the emergency department (ED). Syncope etiology was centrally adjudicated by two independent and blinded cardiologists using all information becoming available during syncope work-up and 12-month follow-up. MACE were defined as a composite of all-cause death, acute myocardial infarction, surgical or percutaneous coronary intervention, life-threatening arrhythmia including cardiac arrest, pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation, valve intervention, heart-failure, gastrointestinal bleeding or other bleeding requiring transfusion, intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, sepsis and pulmonary embolism. Results Incidence of recurrent syncope among 1790 patients was 20% (95%-confidence interval (CI) 18% to 22%) within 24 months. Patients with an adjudicated final diagnosis of cardiac syncope (hazard ratio (HR) 1.50, 95%-CI 1.11 to 2.01) or syncope of unknown etiology even after central adjudication (HR 2.11, 95%-CI 1.54 to 2.89) had an increased risk for syncope recurrence (Figure). LASSO regression fit on all patient information available early in the ED identified more than three previous episodes of syncope as the only independent predictor for recurrent syncope (HR 2.13, 95%-CI 1.64 to 2.75). Recurrent syncope within the first 12 months after the index event carried an increased risk for all-cause death (HR 1.59, 95%-CI 1.06 to 2.38) and MACE (HR 2.24, 95%-CI 1.67 to 3.01), whereas recurrences after 12 months did not have a significant impact on outcome measures. Conclusion Recurrence rates of syncope are substantial and vary depending on syncope etiology. There seem to be no reliable patient characteristics available early on the ED that allow for the prediction of recurrent syncope with only a history of more than three previous syncope being associated with a higher risk for future recurrences. Importantly, recurrent syncope within the first 12 months carries an increased risk for death and MACE. Figure 1 Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Heart Foundation


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.E Strange ◽  
C Sindet-Pedersen ◽  
G Gislason ◽  
C Torp-Pedersen ◽  
E.L Fosboel ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction In recent years, there has been a surge in the utilization of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for the treatment of severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Randomized controlled trials have compared TAVI to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients at high-, intermediate-, and low perioperative risk. As TAVI continues to be utilized in patients with lower risk profiles, it is important to investigate the temporal trends in “real-world” patients undergoing TAVI. Purpose To investigate temporal trends in the utilization of TAVI and examine changes in patient characteristics of patients undergoing first-time TAVI. Methods Using complete Danish nationwide registries, we included all patients undergoing first-time TAVI between 2008 and 2017. To compare patient characteristics, the study population was stratified according to calendar year in the following groups: 2008–2009, 2010–2011, 2012–2013, 2014–2015, and 2016–2017. Results We identified 3,534 patients undergoing first-time TAVI. In 2008–2009, 180 patients underwent first-time TAVI compared with 1,417 patients in 2016–2017, resulting in a 687% increase in TAVI procedures performed. During the study period, the median age remained stable (2008–2009: Median age 82 year [25th–75th percentile: 78–85] vs. 2016–2017: Median age 81 years [25th–75th percentile: 76–85]; P-value: 0.06). The proportion of men undergoing first-time TAVI increased over the years (2008–2009: 49.4% vs 2016–2017: 54.9%; P-value for trend: &lt;0.05), also the proportion with diabetes increased (2008–2009: 12.2% vs. 2016–2017: 19.3%; P-value for trend: &lt;0.05). The proportion of patients with a history of stroke decreased over the years (2008–2009: 13.9% vs. 2016–2017: 12.1%; P-value for trend: &lt;0.05). The same trend was seen in patients with a history of myocardial infarction (2008–2009: 24.4% vs. 2016–2017: 11.9%; P-value for trend: &lt;0.05), ischaemic heart disease (2008–2009: 71.7% vs. 2016–2017: 29.4%; P-value for trend: &lt;0.05), and heart failure (2008–2009: 45.6% vs. 2016–2017: 29.4%; P-value for trend: &lt;0.05). Conclusions In this nationwide study, there was a marked increase in the utilization of TAVI in the years 2008–2017. Patients undergoing first-time TAVI had a decreasing comorbidity burden, while the age of the patients at first-time TAVI remained stable. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Arara ◽  
M Fadil ◽  
Y Karani ◽  
RD Nindrea

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is a treatment of choice in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients (STEMI). However, this approach could affect the kidney function due to iodinated contrast exposure to the patient. Remote ischemic post conditioning (RIPostC) is a non-invasive and simple method that not only has cardioprotective but also renoprotective effect for kidney function. Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of RIPostC to kidney function in STEMI patients undergoing PPCI. Methods This study uses pre and post-test only with control group design with experimental research designs. Data was taken at an Indonesian Heart Center from June 2019 until March 2020, there were 66 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) being performed RIPostC procedure with intermittent ischaemia and reperfusion applied to the arm through five cycles of 5-min inflation and 5-min deflation of an automated cuff device after crossing wire. Creatinine and eGFR were measured pre and 48 hours post PPCI. Kidney function were determined by eGFR post PPCI, ΔeGFR (pre and 48 hours post PPCI), creatinine post PPCI and Δcreatinine (pre and 48 hours post PPCI). Bivariate analysis was performed to determine the effect RIPostC to kidney function using the Chi-square test.  Result A total of 66 patients who underwent the PPCI procedure were divided into two groups RIPostC (n = 33) and without RIPostC (n = 33). The baseline characteristic in both of group was similar. We found that there were no differences of eGFR (70,46 ± 23,06 vs 65,88 ± 23,36, p = 0,424), ΔeGFR (0 [-34,68 - 37,32] vs 0 [-121,53 - 29,70], p value= 0,406), creatinine (1,00 [0,70 - 4,60] vs 1,20 [0,60-4,10], p value= 0,633) and Δcreatinine (0 [-1,20-1,10] vs 0 [-0,50-0,90], p value= 0,390) RIPostC group had a lower CI-AKI incident if we compare with the non RIPostC (15,2% vs 42,4%, p &lt; 0,05). Conclusion Remote ischaemic conditioning does not significantly improve kidney function (eGFR, ΔeGFR, creatinine and Δcreatinine) in patients with STEMI undergoing PPCI The differences of kidney functionVariableRIPostCControlp valueeGFR post PPCI (ml/min/1,73 m2), mean70,46 ± 23,0665,88 ± 23,360,424aΔeGFR(ml/min/1,73 m2), median0 [-34,68 - 37,32]0 [-121,53 - 29,70]0,406bCreatinine post PPCI (mg/dL), median1,00 [0,70 - 4,60]1,20 [0,60-4,10]0,633bΔcreatinine (mg/dL), median0 [-1,20-1,10]0 [-0,50-0,90]0,390ba = Independent sample T testb = mann whitney testAbstract Figure. ΔeGFR and Δcreatinine pre and post PPCI


BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e042101
Author(s):  
Saba Aijaz ◽  
Sana Sheikh ◽  
Asad Pathan

IntroductionAbout 2%–30% of cardiac catheterisation procedures get complicated by radial artery occlusion (RAO). Ensuring patent haemostasis appears to be an important factor in reducing RAO. Currently employed method is a radial compression device (RCD) such as transradial band (TRB) that take hours to achieve haemostasis and cause discomfort to the patients. Haemostatic pads offer an alternative to RCD with reduced time to achieve haemostasis. Our trial aims to determine the non-inferiority of the catecholamine chitosan-based pad (InnoSEAL haemostatic pad) used in conjunction with TRB (InnoSEAL +TRB) when compared with the TRB alone in reducing composite adverse access site outcomes.Methods and analysisIt will be an open-label, parallel, randomised controlled trial on 714 adult patients (325 in each arm) undergoing coronary procedure using transradial approach at a cardiac health facility over 7 months duration. InnoSEAL patch along with TRB will be used to control bleeding in intervention arm and TRB alone in control arm, which is the standard practice. Study primary outcomes include RAO and haematoma; secondary outcomes are compression time, patient discomfort, time to discharge and ease of use of the intervention technique by the healthcare staff. χ2 test will be used to compare the categorical outcomes between two arms and student’s t-test for continuous outcomes. A p value of <0.05 will be considered significant.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval for the study has been obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Tabba Heart Institute number IORG0007863. Findings will be disseminated through seminars and scientific publications.Trial registration numberNCT04380883; Pre-results.


Author(s):  
Suvro Sankha Datta ◽  
Dibyendu De ◽  
Nadeem Afroz Muslim

AbstractHigh on-treatment platelet reactivity (HPR) with P2Y12 receptor antagonists in patients treated with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is strongly associated with adverse ischemic events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This prospective study was conducted to assess individual platelet response and HPR to antiplatelet medications in post-PCI cases by thromboelastography platelet mapping (TEG-PM). Total 82 patients who were on aspirin and on either clopidogrel, prasugrel, or ticagrelor were evaluated. The percentage of platelet inhibition to arachidonic acid (AA) and adenosine disdiphosphate (ADP) was calculated by [100-{(MA ADP/AA–MA Fibrin) / (MA Thrombin–MA Fibrin) × 100}], taking 50% response as cut-off for HPR. HPR to clopidogrel and prasugrel was 14.29 and 12.5%, respectively. No HPR was detected to aspirin and ticagrelor. The mean percentage of platelet inhibition was significantly higher in patients with ticagrelor 82.99, 95% confidence interval (CI) of [77.3, 88.7] as compared with clopidogrel 72.21, 95% CI of [65.3, 79.1] and prasugrel 64.2, 95% CI of [52.5, 75.9] (p-value of 0.041 and 0.003, respectively). Aspirin along with ticagrelor is associated with a higher mean percentage of platelet inhibition, and lower HPR as compared with the usage of aspirin combined with clopidogrel or prasugrel. Additionally, it might also be concluded that TEG-PM could be used effectively to measure the individual platelet functions which would make oral antiplatelet therapy more personalized for cardiac patients.


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