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Associations between use of the hospitalist model and quality of care and outcomes of older patients hospitalized for heart failure.

Robb D Kociol1, Bradley G Hammill2, Gregg C Fonarow3, Paul A Heidenreich4, Alan S Go5, Eric D Peterson6, Lesley H Curtis6, Adrian F Hernandez6.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to examine the associations of hospitalist and cardiologist care of patients with heart failure with outcomes and adherence to quality measures.
BACKGROUND: The hospitalist model of inpatient care has grown nationally, but its associations with quality of care and outcomes of patients hospitalized with heart failure are not known.
METHODS: We analyzed data from the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure registry linked to Medicare claims for 2005 through 2008. For each hospital, we calculated the percentage of heart failure hospitalizations for which a hospitalist was the attending physician. We examined outcomes and care quality for patients stratified by rates of hospitalist use. Using multivariable models, we estimated associations between hospital-level use of hospitalists and cardiologists and 30-day risk-adjusted outcomes and adherence to measures of quality care.
RESULTS: The analysis included 31,505 Medicare beneficiaries in 166 hospitals. Across hospitals, the use of hospitalists varied from 0% to 83%. After multivariable adjustment, a 10% increase in the use of hospitalists was associated with a slight increase in mortality (risk ratio: 1.03; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.00 to 1.06) and decrease in length of stay (0.09 days; 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.16). There was no association with 30-day readmission. Increased use of hospitalists in hospitals with high use of cardiologists was associated with improved defect-free adherence to a composite of heart failure performance measures (risk ratio: 1.03; 95% CI: 1.01 to 1.06).
CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalist care varied significantly across hospitals for heart failure admissions and was not associated with improved 30-day outcomes. Comanagement by hospitalists and cardiologists may help to improve adherence to some quality measures, but it remains unclear what care model improves 30-day clinical outcomes.
Copyright © 2013 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  Medicare; heart failure; hospitalists; outcome assessment (health care)

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Year:  2013        PMID: 24621978     DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.07.001

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  JACC Heart Fail        ISSN: 2213-1779            Impact factor:   12.035


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2.  Discharge Processes and 30-Day Readmission Rates of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure on General Medicine and Cardiology Services.

Authors:  Brian M Salata; Madeline R Sterling; Ashley N Beecy; Ajayram V Ullal; Erica C Jones; Evelyn M Horn; Parag Goyal
Journal:  Am J Cardiol       Date:  2018-02-07       Impact factor: 2.778

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Journal:  BMJ Open       Date:  2020-12-15       Impact factor: 2.692

Review 5.  Quality markers in cardiology: measures of outcomes and clinical practice--a perspective of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Authors:  José-Luis López-Sendón; José Ramón González-Juanatey; Fausto Pinto; José Cuenca Castillo; Lina Badimón; Regina Dalmau; Esteban González Torrecilla; José Ramón López Mínguez; Alicia M Maceira; Domingo Pascual-Figal; José Luis Pomar Moya-Prats; Alessandro Sionis; José Luis Zamorano
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