OBJECTIVE: This retrospective analysis of 2009-2012 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) administrative data assessed the efficacy of care coordination home telehealth (CCHT), a model of care designed to reduce institutional care. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Outcomes for 4,999 CCHT-non-institutional care (NIC) patients were compared with usual (non-CCHT) care in a matched cohort group (MCG) of 183,872 Veterans. Both cohorts were comprised of patients with complex chronic conditions with statistically similar baseline (pre-CCHT enrollment) healthcare costs, when adjusted for age, sex, chronic disease, emergency room (ER) visits, hospital admissions, hospital lengths of stay, and pharmacy costs. RESULTS: Subsequent analyses after 12 months of CCHT-NIC enrollment showed mean annual healthcare costs for CCHT-NIC patients fell 4%, from $21,071 to $20,206, whereas the corresponding costs for MCG patients increased 48%, from $20,937 to $31,055. Higher mean annual pharmacy expenditure of 22% ($470 over baseline) for CCHT-NIC patients versus 15% for MCG patients ($326 over baseline) was attributable to the medication compliance effect of better care coordination. Several healthcare cost drivers (e.g., ER visits and admissions) had sizable declines in the CCHT-NIC group. Medicare usage review in both cohorts excluded this as a confounding factor in cost analyses. Prefinal case selection criteria analysis of both cohorts yielded a 9.8% mortality rate in CCHT patients versus 16.58% in non-CCHT patients. CONCLUSIONS: This study corroborates previous positive VHA analyses of CCHT but contradicts results from recent non-VHA studies, highlighting the efficacy of the VHA's standardized CCHT model, which incorporates a biopsychosocial approach to care that emphasizes patient self-management.
OBJECTIVE: This retrospective analysis of 2009-2012 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) administrative data assessed the efficacy of care coordination home telehealth (CCHT), a model of care designed to reduce institutional care. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Outcomes for 4,999 CCHT-non-institutional care (NIC) patients were compared with usual (non-CCHT) care in a matched cohort group (MCG) of 183,872 Veterans. Both cohorts were comprised of patients with complex chronic conditions with statistically similar baseline (pre-CCHT enrollment) healthcare costs, when adjusted for age, sex, chronic disease, emergency room (ER) visits, hospital admissions, hospital lengths of stay, and pharmacy costs. RESULTS: Subsequent analyses after 12 months of CCHT-NIC enrollment showed mean annual healthcare costs for CCHT-NIC patients fell 4%, from $21,071 to $20,206, whereas the corresponding costs for MCG patients increased 48%, from $20,937 to $31,055. Higher mean annual pharmacy expenditure of 22% ($470 over baseline) for CCHT-NIC patients versus 15% for MCG patients ($326 over baseline) was attributable to the medication compliance effect of better care coordination. Several healthcare cost drivers (e.g., ER visits and admissions) had sizable declines in the CCHT-NIC group. Medicare usage review in both cohorts excluded this as a confounding factor in cost analyses. Prefinal case selection criteria analysis of both cohorts yielded a 9.8% mortality rate in CCHTpatients versus 16.58% in non-CCHTpatients. CONCLUSIONS: This study corroborates previous positive VHA analyses of CCHT but contradicts results from recent non-VHA studies, highlighting the efficacy of the VHA's standardized CCHT model, which incorporates a biopsychosocial approach to care that emphasizes patient self-management.
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e-health; home health monitoring; policy; telehealth
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