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Ruiz-García I, Contreras-Bolívar V, Sánchez-Torralvo FJ, Ulloa-Díaz O, Ruiz-Vico M, Abuín-Fernández J, Barrios-García M, Alba-Conejo E, Olveira G. The economic cost of not coding disease-related malnutrition: A study in cancer inpatients. Clin Nutr 2021; 41:186-191. [PMID: 34891021 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS Disease-related malnutrition (DRM) coding rate is usually low in hospitalised patients. The objective of our study was to estimate the percentage of correct DRM coding in cancer inpatients and to calculate the economic losses caused by such lack of coding. METHODS This was an observational, prospective study that was conducted in patients hospitalised in the Medical Oncology Unit of our hospital. A nutritional assessment was performed through subjective global assessment (SGA). The all patient refined-diagnosis related group (APR-DRG) weights were obtained at the moment of discharge; moreover, recalculation was done after including the diagnosis of malnutrition in the medical record of those patients in whom it had not been initially coded. The associated cost reimbursement were calculated based on the weight before and after revising the diagnosis of DRM. RESULTS A total of 266 patients were evaluated. From them, 220 (82.7%) suffered from DRM according to the SGA. In 137 (51.5%) of these patients, diagnosis was coded, as opposed to 83 (31.2%) cases (33 subjects with moderate and 50 with severe DRM) in whom it was not coded. The sum of the APR-DRG weights before revising the diagnosis of malnutrition was 343.4 points (mean: 1.29 ± 0.89). Whereas, after revising the diagnosis, it increased up to 384.3 (1.44 ± 0.96). The total cost reimbursement for the hospital before revising the diagnosis of malnutrition was 1,607,861.21€ and after revision it increased up to 1,799,199.69€, which means that 191,338.48€ were not reimbursed to the hospital due to the lack of coding of malnutrition. The cost reimbursement for each admission increased an average of 719.32€. CONCLUSION The prevalence of DRM in cancer inpatients is high. Nevertheless, the diagnosis is not coded in one third of patients, which results in important economic losses for the hospitals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ignacio Ruiz-García
- Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain; Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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- Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio de Granada, Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (Ibs. Granada), Granada, Spain.
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- Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain; Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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- Servicio de Documentación y Archivo de Historias Clínicas Del Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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- Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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- Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain; Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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- Servicio de Hematología y Hemoterapia, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain; Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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- Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain; Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; CIBERDEM (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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Rodríguez-Arbolí E, Martínez-Cuadrón D, Rodríguez-Veiga R, Carrillo-Cruz E, Gil-Cortés C, Serrano-López J, Bernal Del Castillo T, Martínez-Sánchez MDP, Rodríguez-Medina C, Vidriales B, Bergua JM, Benavente C, García-Boyero R, Herrera-Puente P, Algarra L, Sayas-Lloris MJ, Fernández R, Labrador J, Lavilla-Rubira E, Barrios-García M, Tormo M, Serrano-Maestro A, Sossa-Melo CL, García-Belmonte D, Vives S, Rodríguez-Gutiérrez JI, Albo-López C, Garrastazul-Sánchez MP, Colorado-Araujo M, Mariz J, Sanz MÁ, Pérez-Simón JA, Montesinos P. Long-Term Outcomes After Autologous Versus Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Molecularly-Stratified Patients With Intermediate Cytogenetic Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A PETHEMA Study. Transplant Cell Ther 2021; 27:311.e1-311.e10. [PMID: 33836871 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2020.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with intermediate risk cytogenetics (IRcyto) comprises a variety of biological entities with distinct mutational landscapes that translate into differential risks of relapse and prognosis. Optimal postremission therapy choice in this heterogeneous patient population is currently unsettled. In the current study, we compared outcomes in IRcyto AML recipients of autologous (autoSCT) (n = 312) or allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) (n = 279) in first complete remission (CR1). Molecular risk was defined based on CEBPA, NPM1, and FLT3-ITD mutational status, per European LeukemiaNet 2017 criteria. Five-year overall survival (OS) in patients with favorable molecular risk (FRmol) was 62% (95% confidence interval [CI], 50-72) after autoSCT and 66% (95% CI, 41-83) after matched sibling donor (MSD) alloSCT (P = .68). For patients of intermediate molecular risk (IRmol), MSD alloSCT was associated with lower cumulative incidence of relapse (P < .001), as well as with increased nonrelapse mortality (P = .01), as compared to autoSCT. The 5-year OS was 47% (95% CI, 34-58) after autoSCT and 70% (95% CI, 59-79) after MSD alloSCT (P = .02) in this patient subgroup. In a propensity-score matched IRmol subcohort (n = 106), MSD alloSCT was associated with superior leukemia-free survival (hazard ratio [HR] 0.33, P = .004) and increased OS in patients alive 1 year after transplantation (HR 0.20, P = .004). These results indicate that, within IRcyto AML in CR1, autoSCT may be a valid option for FRmol patients, whereas MSD alloSCT should be the preferred postremission strategy in IRmol patients.
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- Eduardo Rodríguez-Arbolí
- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC/CIBERONC), University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC/CIBERONC), University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Reina Sofía University Hospital/Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba (IMIBIC)/University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUS/IBSAL), CIBERONC- CB16/12/00233 and Center for Cancer Research-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital General de Albacete, Albacete, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Department of Hematology and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Deparment of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Instituto de Investigación INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology - ICO Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol , Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Badalona , Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto FG, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC/CIBERONC), University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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