TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of US centers for medicare and medicaid services hospital 30-day risk-standardized readmission metric with care quality and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction
AU - Pandey, Ambarish
AU - Golwala, Harsh
AU - Hall, Hurst M.
AU - Wang, Tracy Y.
AU - Lu, Di
AU - Xian, Ying
AU - Chiswell, Karen
AU - Joynt, Karen E.
AU - Goyal, Abhinav
AU - Das, Sandeep R.
AU - Kumbhani, Dharam
AU - Julien, Howard
AU - Fonarow, Gregg C.
AU - De Lemos, James A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - IMPORTANCE The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program penalizes hospitals with higher-than-expected risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rates (excess readmission ratio [ERR] > 1) after acutemyocardial infarction (MI). However, the association of ERR with MI care processes and outcomes are notwell established. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between ERR forMI with in-hospital process of care measures and 1-year clinical outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Observational analysis of hospitalized patients with MI from National Cardiovascular Data Registry/Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get With the Guidelines centers subject to the first cycle of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2011. EXPOSURES The ERR forMI (MI-ERR) in 2011. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Adherence to process of care measures during index hospitalization in the overall study population and risk of the composite outcome of mortality or all-cause readmission within 1 year of discharge and its individual components among participants with available Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-linked data. RESULTS The median ages of patients in the MI-ERR greater than 1 and tertiles 1, 2, and 3 of the MI-ERR greater than 1 groupswere 64, 63, 64, and 63 years, respectively. Among 380 hospitals that treated a total of 176 644 patients with MI during the study period, 43%had MI-ERR greater than 1. The proportions of patients of black race, those with heart failure signs at admission, and bleeding complications increased with higher MI-ERR. Therewas no significant association between adherence to MI performance measures and MI-ERR (adjusted odds ratio, 0.94; 95%CI, 0.81-1.08, per 0.1-unit increase in MI-ERR for overall defect-free care). Among the 51 453 patients with 1-year outcomes data available, higher MI-ERRwas associated with higher adjusted risk of the composite outcome and all-cause readmission within 1 year of discharge. This associationwas largely driven by readmissions early after discharge andwas not significant in landmark analyses beginning 30 days after discharge. The MI-ERRwas not associated with risk for mortality within 1 year of discharge in the overall and 30-day landmark analyses. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE During the first cycle of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, participating hospitals' risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rates followingMI were not associated with in-hospital quality ofMI care or clinical outcomes occurring after the first 30 days after discharge.
AB - IMPORTANCE The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program penalizes hospitals with higher-than-expected risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rates (excess readmission ratio [ERR] > 1) after acutemyocardial infarction (MI). However, the association of ERR with MI care processes and outcomes are notwell established. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between ERR forMI with in-hospital process of care measures and 1-year clinical outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Observational analysis of hospitalized patients with MI from National Cardiovascular Data Registry/Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get With the Guidelines centers subject to the first cycle of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2011. EXPOSURES The ERR forMI (MI-ERR) in 2011. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Adherence to process of care measures during index hospitalization in the overall study population and risk of the composite outcome of mortality or all-cause readmission within 1 year of discharge and its individual components among participants with available Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-linked data. RESULTS The median ages of patients in the MI-ERR greater than 1 and tertiles 1, 2, and 3 of the MI-ERR greater than 1 groupswere 64, 63, 64, and 63 years, respectively. Among 380 hospitals that treated a total of 176 644 patients with MI during the study period, 43%had MI-ERR greater than 1. The proportions of patients of black race, those with heart failure signs at admission, and bleeding complications increased with higher MI-ERR. Therewas no significant association between adherence to MI performance measures and MI-ERR (adjusted odds ratio, 0.94; 95%CI, 0.81-1.08, per 0.1-unit increase in MI-ERR for overall defect-free care). Among the 51 453 patients with 1-year outcomes data available, higher MI-ERRwas associated with higher adjusted risk of the composite outcome and all-cause readmission within 1 year of discharge. This associationwas largely driven by readmissions early after discharge andwas not significant in landmark analyses beginning 30 days after discharge. The MI-ERRwas not associated with risk for mortality within 1 year of discharge in the overall and 30-day landmark analyses. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE During the first cycle of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, participating hospitals' risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rates followingMI were not associated with in-hospital quality ofMI care or clinical outcomes occurring after the first 30 days after discharge.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.1143
DO - 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.1143
M3 - Article
C2 - 28445559
AN - SCOPUS:85031672770
SN - 2380-6583
VL - 2
SP - 723
EP - 731
JO - JAMA Cardiology
JF - JAMA Cardiology
IS - 7
ER -