Nita Khandelwal1, Ruth A Engelberg2, David C Benkeser3, Norma B Coe4, J Randall Curtis2. 1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: khandel@uw.edu. 2. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Harborview Medical Center, the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 3. Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 4. Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Although end-of-life care in the ICU accounts for a large proportion of health-care costs, few studies have examined the association between costs and satisfaction with care. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of ICU costs with family- and nurse-assessed quality of dying and family satisfaction. METHODS: This was an observational study surveying families and nurses for patients who died in the ICU or within 30 h of transfer from the ICU. A total of 607 patients from two Seattle hospitals were included in the study. Survey data were linked with administrative records to obtain ICU and hospital costs. Regression analyses assessed the association between costs and outcomes assessing satisfaction with care: nurse- and family-assessed Quality of Death and Dying (QODD-1) and Family Satisfaction in the ICU (FS-ICU). RESULTS: For family-reported outcomes, patient insurance status was an important modifier of results. For underinsured patients, higher daily ICU costs were significantly associated with higher FS-ICU and QODD-1 (P < .01 and P = .01, respectively); this association was absent for privately insured or Medicare patients (P = .50 and P = .85, QODD-1 and FS-ICU, respectively). However, higher nurse-assessed QODD-1 was significantly associated with lower average daily ICU cost and total hospital cost (P < .01 and P = .05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Family-rated satisfaction with care and quality of dying varied depending on insurance status, with underinsured families rating satisfaction with care and quality of dying higher when average daily ICU costs were higher. However, patients with higher costs were assessed by nurses as having a poorer quality of dying. These findings highlight important differences between family and clinician perspectives and the important role of insurance status.
OBJECTIVE: Although end-of-life care in the ICU accounts for a large proportion of health-care costs, few studies have examined the association between costs and satisfaction with care. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of ICU costs with family- and nurse-assessed quality of dying and family satisfaction. METHODS: This was an observational study surveying families and nurses for patients who died in the ICU or within 30 h of transfer from the ICU. A total of 607 patients from two Seattle hospitals were included in the study. Survey data were linked with administrative records to obtain ICU and hospital costs. Regression analyses assessed the association between costs and outcomes assessing satisfaction with care: nurse- and family-assessed Quality of Death and Dying (QODD-1) and Family Satisfaction in the ICU (FS-ICU). RESULTS: For family-reported outcomes, patient insurance status was an important modifier of results. For underinsured patients, higher daily ICU costs were significantly associated with higher FS-ICU and QODD-1 (P < .01 and P = .01, respectively); this association was absent for privately insured or Medicare patients (P = .50 and P = .85, QODD-1 and FS-ICU, respectively). However, higher nurse-assessed QODD-1 was significantly associated with lower average daily ICU cost and total hospital cost (P < .01 and P = .05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Family-rated satisfaction with care and quality of dying varied depending on insurance status, with underinsured families rating satisfaction with care and quality of dying higher when average daily ICU costs were higher. However, patients with higher costs were assessed by nurses as having a poorer quality of dying. These findings highlight important differences between family and clinician perspectives and the important role of insurance status.
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