Sameed Ahmed M Khatana1,2,3, Paul N Fiorilli1, Ashwin S Nathan1,2,3, Daniel M Kolansky1, Nandita Mitra4,3, Peter W Groeneveld2,5,3,6, Jay Giri1,2,3. 1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.A.M.K., P.N.F., A.S.N., D.M.K., J.G.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 2. Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center (S.A.M.K., A.S.N., P.W.G., J.G.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 3. Perelman School of Medicine, The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (S.A.M.K., A.S.N., N.M., P.W.G., J.G.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 4. Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (N.M.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 5. Division of General Internal Medicine (P.W.G.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 6. Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (P.W.G.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients and other providers have access to few publicly available physician attributes that identify interventional cardiologists with better postprocedural outcomes, particularly in states without public reporting of outcomes. Interventional cardiology board certification, maintenance of certification, graduation from a US medical school, medical school ranking, and length of practice represent such publicly available attributes. Previous studies on these measures have shown mixed results. METHODS AND RESULTS: We included interventional cardiologists practicing in New York State in the years 2011 to 2013. The primary outcome was 30-day risk-standardized mortality rate (RSMR) after percutaneous coronary intervention. Hierarchical regression modeling was used to analyze the physician attributes and was adjusted for provider caseload. A total of 356 providers were studied. The average 30-day RSMR was 1.1 (SD=0.1) deaths per 100 cases for all percutaneous coronary interventions and 0.7 (SD=0.1) deaths per 100 cases for nonemergent procedures. The primary outcome was slightly lower among providers with interventional cardiology board certification compared with noncertified providers (1.06 [SD=0.14] versus 1.14 [SD=0.14] deaths per 100 cases; P<0.001). In multivariable hierarchical regression modeling, after adjusting for provider caseload, none of the physician attributes were associated with the primary outcome. Provider caseload was significantly associated with 30-day RSMR independent of the other attributes. CONCLUSIONS: Interventional cardiology board-certified providers had a modestly lower 30-day RSMR before accounting for caseload. However, after adjusting for provider caseload, none of the examined publicly available physician attributes, including interventional cardiology board certification, were independently associated with 30-day RSMR.
BACKGROUND:Patients and other providers have access to few publicly available physician attributes that identify interventional cardiologists with better postprocedural outcomes, particularly in states without public reporting of outcomes. Interventional cardiology board certification, maintenance of certification, graduation from a US medical school, medical school ranking, and length of practice represent such publicly available attributes. Previous studies on these measures have shown mixed results. METHODS AND RESULTS: We included interventional cardiologists practicing in New York State in the years 2011 to 2013. The primary outcome was 30-day risk-standardized mortality rate (RSMR) after percutaneous coronary intervention. Hierarchical regression modeling was used to analyze the physician attributes and was adjusted for provider caseload. A total of 356 providers were studied. The average 30-day RSMR was 1.1 (SD=0.1) deaths per 100 cases for all percutaneous coronary interventions and 0.7 (SD=0.1) deaths per 100 cases for nonemergent procedures. The primary outcome was slightly lower among providers with interventional cardiology board certification compared with noncertified providers (1.06 [SD=0.14] versus 1.14 [SD=0.14] deaths per 100 cases; P<0.001). In multivariable hierarchical regression modeling, after adjusting for provider caseload, none of the physician attributes were associated with the primary outcome. Provider caseload was significantly associated with 30-day RSMR independent of the other attributes. CONCLUSIONS: Interventional cardiology board-certified providers had a modestly lower 30-day RSMR before accounting for caseload. However, after adjusting for provider caseload, none of the examined publicly available physician attributes, including interventional cardiology board certification, were independently associated with 30-day RSMR.
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certification; education, medical; outcome assessment (health care); percutaneous coronary intervention; quality of health care
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