Kimon Bekelis1, Symeon Missios2, Shannon Coy3, Todd A MacKenzie4,5,6,7. 1. Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03755, USA. kbekelis@gmail.com. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Akron General Hospital, Akron, OH, USA. 3. Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 4. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA. 5. Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA. 6. Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA. 7. Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The impact of scope of practice of providers (predominantly adult versus predominantly pediatric) on the outcomes of cerebrovascular procedures in children remains an issue of debate. We investigated the association of scope of practice with the outcomes of cerebrovascular interventions. METHODS: We performed a cohort study of all pediatric patients (younger than 18 years old) who underwent cerebrovascular procedures from 2009 to 2013 and were registered in the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database. In order to control for confounding, we used propensity score conditioning and mixed effects analysis to account for clustering at the hospital level. RESULTS: During the study period, there were 1243 pediatric patients who underwent cerebrovascular procedures and met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 631 (50.7 %) underwent treatment by providers with predominantly adult practices and 612 (49.3 %) by physicians who operated predominantly on children. The mixed-effects multivariable regression analysis demonstrated lack of association of predominantly adult practice with inpatient mortality (OR, 1.20; 95 % CI, 0.61-2.38), discharge to a facility (OR, 1.50; 95 % CI, 0.73-3.09), and length of stay (LOS) (adjusted difference, 0.003; 95 % CI, -0.09 to 0.10). These associations persisted in propensity-adjusted models. CONCLUSIONS: In a cohort of pediatric patients undergoing cerebrovascular procedures from a comprehensive all-payer database, we did not demonstrate a difference in mortality, discharge to a facility, and LOS between providers with predominantly adult and predominantly pediatric practices.
PURPOSE: The impact of scope of practice of providers (predominantly adult versus predominantly pediatric) on the outcomes of cerebrovascular procedures in children remains an issue of debate. We investigated the association of scope of practice with the outcomes of cerebrovascular interventions. METHODS: We performed a cohort study of all pediatric patients (younger than 18 years old) who underwent cerebrovascular procedures from 2009 to 2013 and were registered in the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database. In order to control for confounding, we used propensity score conditioning and mixed effects analysis to account for clustering at the hospital level. RESULTS: During the study period, there were 1243 pediatric patients who underwent cerebrovascular procedures and met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 631 (50.7 %) underwent treatment by providers with predominantly adult practices and 612 (49.3 %) by physicians who operated predominantly on children. The mixed-effects multivariable regression analysis demonstrated lack of association of predominantly adult practice with inpatient mortality (OR, 1.20; 95 % CI, 0.61-2.38), discharge to a facility (OR, 1.50; 95 % CI, 0.73-3.09), and length of stay (LOS) (adjusted difference, 0.003; 95 % CI, -0.09 to 0.10). These associations persisted in propensity-adjusted models. CONCLUSIONS: In a cohort of pediatric patients undergoing cerebrovascular procedures from a comprehensive all-payer database, we did not demonstrate a difference in mortality, discharge to a facility, and LOS between providers with predominantly adult and predominantly pediatric practices.
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Cerebrovascular intervention; Pediatrics; SPARCS; Scope of practice
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