| Literature DB >> 32104024 |
Felicia Forma1, Teresa Green2, Seung Kim2, Christie Teigland2.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in patient characteristics and real-world outcomes in two distinct high-risk cohorts of patients with serious mental illness (SMI).Entities:
Keywords: adherence; bipolar disorder; healthcare utilization; major depressive disorder; schizophrenia
Year: 2020 PMID: 32104024 PMCID: PMC7027903 DOI: 10.2147/CEOR.S231000
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clinicoecon Outcomes Res ISSN: 1178-6981
Baseline Patient Characteristics of SMI Patients by Cohort
| Recently Discharged | Early Episode | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Total | 11,050 | – | 40,665 | – |
| Age | ||||
| 18–25 | 1021 | 9.24% | 4796 | 11.79% |
| 26–45 | 3819 | 34.56% | 16,020 | 39.40% |
| 46–65 | 6210 | 56.20% | 19,849 | 48.81% |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 6806 | 61.59% | 25,562 | 62.86% |
| Male | 4244 | 38.41% | 15,103 | 37.14% |
| Census Region | ||||
| South | 3912 | 35.40% | 15,925 | 39.16% |
| West | 2976 | 26.93% | 13,532 | 33.28% |
| Midwest | 2088 | 18.90% | 4531 | 11.14% |
| Northeast | 2074 | 18.77% | 6677 | 16.42% |
| Payer Type | ||||
| Managed Medicaid | 7152 | 64.72% | 23,735 | 58.36% |
| Medicare Advantage | 2183 | 19.76% | 8818 | 21.68% |
| Commercial Plans | 1715 | 15.52% | 8112 | 19.95% |
| Average Charlson Comorbidity Index | ||||
| Managed Medicaid | 1.86 | 1.12 | ||
| Medicare Advantage | 2.31 | 1.33 | ||
| Commercial Plans | 1.04 | 0.49 | ||
| SMI Diagnoses* | ||||
| Bipolar Disorder | 5740 (51.9%) | 25,779 (63.4%) | ||
| Major Depressive Disorder | 3077 (27.8%) | 19,110 (47.0%) | ||
| Schizophrenia | 2832 (25.6%) | 9033 (22.2%) | ||
Note: *Diagnoses are not mutually exclusive.
Figure 1Adherence to antipsychotic medications.
Adherence to Individual Antipsychotic Medications (PDC≥0.80)
| Drug | Recently Discharged | Early Episode | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | W/in 180 Days | W/in 365 Days | N | W/in 180 Days | W/in 365 Days | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Aripiprazole | 964 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 3747 | 0.15 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.46 |
| Chlorpromazine | 156 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.25 | 0.43 | 223 | 0.13 | 0.49 | 0.25 | 0.43 |
| Clozapine | 259 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 0.47 | 215 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 0.47 |
| Fluphenazine | 158 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.29 | 0.46 | 240 | 0.08 | 0.50 | 0.29 | 0.46 |
| Haloperidol | 487 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.46 | 833 | 0.12 | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.46 |
| Loxapine | 37 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 58 | 0.16 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.47 |
| Lurasidone | 245 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 688 | 0.14 | 0.49 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Olanzapine | 723 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 1715 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.48 |
| Paliperidone | 112 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.48 | 356 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.48 |
| Perphenazine | 108 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 220 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| Quetiapine | 1897 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 5374 | 0.17 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.49 |
| Risperidone | 1162 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 3305 | 0.14 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.48 |
| Ziprasidone | 438 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.34 | 0.48 | 1016 | 0.18 | 0.50 | 0.34 | 0.48 |
Figure 2Number of medication switches per year.
Mean All-Cause and Psychiatric Healthcare Resource Utilization
| Recently Discharged | Early Episode | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean All-Cause Events | Mean Psychiatric Events | % Events w/Psychiatric Dx | Mean All-Cause Events | Mean Psychiatric Events | % Events w/Psychiatric Dx | |
| One Year Utilization* | ||||||
| PCP Visits | 6.17 | 2.43 | 39.4% | 5.77 | 1.63 | 28.2% |
| Emergency Department | 2.05 | 0.51 | 24.9% | 1.17 | 0.21 | 17.9% |
| Readmission (RD) or Inpatient Stay (EE) | 0.60 | 0.36 | 60.0% | 0.22 | 0.11 | 50.0% |
Note: *All results are reported as the average for all patients regardless of whether they had any utilization (i.e., patients with no utilization are included in the denominator).
Figure 3Mean annual healthcare costs (US$).
Regression Model Results
| Recently Discharged | Early Episode | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | Pr > ChiSq | OR (95% CI) | Pr > ChiSq | |
| ED Visit | ||||
| Age Group: 18–25 vs 46-65 | 1.45 (1.26–1.67) | <0.0001 | 1.39 (1.29–1.49) | <0.0001 |
| Age Group: 26–45 vs 46-65 | 1.24 (1.14–1.35) | <0.0001 | 1.32 (1.26–1.38) | <0.0001 |
| Gender: Female vs Male | 1.17 (1.09–1.27) | <0.0001 | 1.31 (1.25–1.36) | <0.0001 |
| PCP Visit | ||||
| Age Group: 18–25 vs 46-65 | 0.58 (0.50–0.68) | <0.0001 | 0.63 (0.58–0.69) | <0.0001 |
| Age Group: 26–45 vs 46-65 | 0.75 (0.67–0.83) | <0.0001 | 0.70 (0.66–0.75) | <0.0001 |
| Gender: Female vs Male | 1.56 (1.41–1.71) | <0.0001 | 1.64 (1.56–1.74) | <0.0001 |
| Observation Stay | ||||
| Age Group: 18–25 vs 46-65 | 0.56 (0.44–0.71) | <0.0001 | 0.54 (0.46–0.63) | <0.0001 |
| Age Group: 26–45 vs 46-65 | 0.84 (0.75–0.95) | 0.00 | 0.75 (0.69–0.81) | <0.0001 |
| Gender: Female vs Male | 1.12 (1.00–1.26) | 0.05 | 1.24 (1.14–1.35) | <0.0001 |
| Readmission (Recently Discharged) or Inpatient Admission (Early Episode) | ||||
| Age Group: 18–25 vs 46-65 | 0.85 (0.72–0.99) | 0.04 | 0.86 (0.78–0.94) | 0.00 |
| Age Group: 26–45 vs 46-65 | 1.10 (1.00–1.20) | 0.04 | 0.95 (0.90–1.01) | 0.08 |
| Gender: Female vs Male | 0.87 (0.80–0.95) | 0.00 | 0.94 (0.89–0.99) | 0.02 |
| Readmission (Recently Discharged) or Inpatient Admission (Early Episode) (Reference Group: Medicare Advantage) | ||||
| Commercial Plans | 0.71 (0.60–0.83) | <0.0001 | 1.12 (1.03–1.22) | 0.01 |
| Managed Medicaid | 0.92 (0.82–1.02) | 0.11 | 1.25 (1.17–1.33) | < 0.0001 |
Note: *All results are reported as the average for all patients, regardless of whether they had any utilization of the healthcare service.