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Johnstone T, Shah V, Schonfeld E, Sadeghzadeh S, Haider G, Marianayagam NJ, Stienen M, Veeravagu A. Type II odontoid fractures in the elderly presenting to the emergency department: an assessment of factors affecting in-hospital mortality and discharge to skilled nursing facilities. Spine J 2024; 24:682-691. [PMID: 38101547 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Type II odontoid fractures (OF) are among the most common cervical spine injuries in the geriatric population. However, there is a paucity of literature regarding their epidemiology. Additionally, the optimal management of these injuries remains controversial, and no study has evaluated the short-term outcomes of geriatric patients presenting to emergency departments (ED). PURPOSE This study aims to document the epidemiology of geriatric patients presenting to EDs with type II OFs and determine whether surgical management was associated with early adverse outcomes such as in-hospital mortality and discharge to skilled nursing facilities (SNF). STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective cohort study. PATIENT SAMPLE Data was used from the 2016-2020 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample. Patient encounters corresponding to type II OFs were identified. Patients younger than 65 at the time of presentation to the ED and those with concomitant spinal pathology were excluded. OUTCOME MEASURES The association between the surgical management of geriatric type II OFs and outcomes such as in-hospital mortality and discharge to SNFs. METHODS Patient, fracture, and surgical management characteristics were recorded. A propensity score matched cohort was constructed to reduce differences in age, comorbidities, and injury severity between patients undergoing operative and nonoperative management. Additionally, to develop a positive control for the analysis of geriatric patients with type II OFs and no other concomitant spinal pathology, a cohort of patients that had been excluded due to the presence of a concomitant spinal cord injury (SCI) was also constructed. Multivariate regressions were then performed on both the matched and unmatched cohorts to ascertain the associations between surgical treatment and in-hospital mortality, inpatient length of stay, encounter charges, and discharge to SNFs. RESULTS A total of 11,325 encounters were included. The mean total charge per encounter was $60,221. 634 (5.6%) patients passed away during their encounters. In total, 1,005 (8.9%) patients were managed surgically. Surgical management of type II OFs was associated with a 316% increase in visit charge (95% CI: 291%-341%, p<.001), increased inpatient length of stay (IRR: 2.87, 95% CI: 2.62-3.12, p<.001), and increased likelihood of discharge to SNFs (OR=2.62, 95% CI: 2.26-3.05, p<.001), but decreased in-hospital mortality (OR=0.32, CI: 0.21-0.45, p<.001). The propensity score matched cohort consisted of 2,010 patients, matching each of the 1,005 that underwent surgery to 1,005 that did not. These cohorts were well balanced across age (78.24 vs 77.91 years), Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (3.68 vs 3.71), and Injury Severity Score (30.15 vs 28.93). This matching did not meaningfully alter the associations determined between surgical management and in-hospital mortality (OR=0.34, CI=0.21-0.55, p<.001) or SNF discharge (OR=2.59, CI=2.13-3.16, p<.001). Lastly, the positive control cohort of patients with concurrent SCI had higher rates of SNF discharge (50.0% vs 42.6%, p<.001), surgical management (32.3% vs 9.7%, p<.001), and in-hospital mortality (28.9% vs 5.6%, p<.001). CONCLUSIONS This study lends insight into the epidemiology of geriatric type II OFs and quantifies risk factors influencing adverse outcomes. Patient informed consent should include a discussion of the protective association between definitive surgical management and in-hospital mortality against potential operative morbidity, increased lengths of hospital stay, and increased likelihood of discharge to SNFs. This information may impact patient treatment selection and decision making.
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- Thomas Johnstone
- Stanford University School of Medicine, 453 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University. 453 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, 453 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University. 453 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University. 453 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, 453 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University. 453 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University. 453 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University. 453 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery & Spine Center of Eastern Switzerland, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University. 453 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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Piatt J. Hydrocephalus in the emergency department: descriptive nationwide data and analysis of transfer. J Neurosurg 2024; 140:299-307. [PMID: 37310053 DOI: 10.3171/2023.4.jns23562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hydrocephalus is a chronic, treatable, but in most cases incurable condition characterized by long periods of stability punctuated by crises. Patients in crisis usually seek care in an emergency department (ED). How patients with hydrocephalus use EDs has received almost no epidemiological study. METHODS Data were taken from the National Emergency Department Survey for 2018. Visits by patients with hydrocephalus were identified by diagnostic codes. Neurosurgical visits were identified by codes for imaging of the brain or skull or by neurosurgical procedure codes. Visits and dispositions were characterized by demographic factors for neurosurgical and unspecified visits by using methods for analysis of complex survey designs. Associations among demographic factors were assessed using latent class analysis. RESULTS There were an estimated 204,785 ED visits by patients with hydrocephalus in the United States in 2018. Roughly 80% of patients with hydrocephalus who visited EDs were adults or elders. By a ratio of 2:1, patients with hydrocephalus visited EDs much more often for unspecified reasons than for neurosurgical reasons. Patients with neurosurgical complaints had more costly ED visits, and if they were admitted they had longer and more costly hospitalizations than did patients with unspecified complaints. Only 1 in 3 patients with hydrocephalus who visited an ED was sent home regardless of whether the complaint was neurosurgical. Neurosurgical visits ended in transfer to another acute care facility more than 3 times as often as unspecified visits. Odds of transfer were more strongly associated with geography and, specifically, with proximity to a teaching hospital than with personal or community wealth. CONCLUSIONS Patients with hydrocephalus make heavy use of EDs, and they make more visits for reasons unrelated to their hydrocephalus than for neurosurgical reasons. Transfer to another acute care facility is an adverse clinical outcome that is much more common after neurosurgical visits. It is a system inefficiency that might be minimized by proactive case management and coordination of care.
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Johnson RF, Zhang J, Chorney SR, Kou YF, Lenes-Voit F, Ulualp S, Liu C, Mitchell RB. Estimations of Inpatient and Ambulatory Pediatric Tonsillectomy in the United States: A Cross-sectional Analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023. [PMID: 36939461 DOI: 10.1002/ohn.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the incidence of inpatient and ambulatory pediatric tonsillectomies in the United States in 2019. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project databases. METHODS We determined national incidences of hospital-based ambulatory procedures, inpatient admissions, and readmissions among pediatric tonsillectomy patients, ages 0 to 20 years, using the Kids Inpatient Database, Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample, and Nationwide Readmission Database. We described the demographics, commonly associated conditions, complications, and predictors of readmission. RESULTS An estimated 559,900 ambulatory and 7100 inpatient tonsillectomies were performed in 2019. Among inpatients, the majority were male (59%) and the largest ethnic group was white (37%). Adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH), 79%, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), 74%, were the most frequent diagnosis and Medicaid (61%) was the most frequent primary payer. The majority of ambulatory tonsillectomy patients were female (52%) and white (65%); ATH, OSA, and Medicaid accounted for 62%, 29%, and 45% of cases, respectively, (all p < .001 when compared to inpatient cases). Common inpatient complications were bleeding (2%), pain/nausea/vomiting (5.6%), and postprocedural respiratory failure (1.7%). On the other hand, ambulatory complications occurred in less than 1% of patients. The readmission rate was 5.2%, with pain/nausea/vomiting and bleeding accounting for 35% and 23% of overall readmissions. All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups severity of illness subclass predicted readmission (odds ratio = 2.18, 95% confidence interval = 1.73-2.73, p < .001). CONCLUSION A total of 567,000 pediatric ambulatory and inpatient tonsillectomies were performed in 2019; the majority were performed in ambulatory settings. The index admission severity of illness was associated with readmission risk.
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- Romaine F Johnson
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Rayens E, Norris KA. Prevalence and Healthcare Burden of Fungal Infections in the United States, 2018. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022; 9:ofab593. [PMID: 35036461 PMCID: PMC8754384 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Fungal infections are responsible for >1.5 million deaths globally per year, primarily in those with compromised immune function. This is concerning as the number of immunocompromised patients, especially in those without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has risen in the past decade. The purpose of this analysis was to provide the current prevalence and impact of fungal disease in the United States. Methods We analyzed hospital discharge data from the most recent (2018) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample, and outpatient visit data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Costs are presented in 2018 United States (US) dollars. Results In the 35.5 million inpatient visits documented in 2018 in the US, approximately 666 235 fungal infections were diagnosed, with an estimated attributable cost of $6.7 billion. Aspergillus, Pneumocystis, and Candida infections accounted for 76.3% of fungal infections diagnosed, and 81.1% of associated costs. Most fungal disease occurred in patients with elevated risk of infection. The visit costs, lengths of stay, and risks of mortality in this population were more than twice that of those without fungal diagnoses. A further 6.6 million fungal infections were diagnosed during outpatient visits. Conclusions Fungal disease is a serious clinical concern with substantial healthcare costs and significant increases in morbidity and mortality, particularly among predisposed patients. Increased surveillance, standardized treatment guidelines, and improvement in diagnostics and therapeutics are needed to support the rising numbers of at-risk patients.
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- Emily Rayens
- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Kumar N, Ramphul K, Ramphul Y, Verma R, Mejias SG, Lohana P, Joynauth J. Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States. Reumatologia 2021; 59:270-2. [PMID: 34538959 DOI: 10.5114/reum.2021.108356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Juvenile arthritis (JA) is an autoimmune condition affecting children. We used the 2017 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) to evaluate the impact of JA in the United States. The admission data were converted to weighted form and patients between the ages of 0 and 18 (inclusive) were used in our study. 560 weighted cases were found in 2017. It was more common in females than males (340 females, 220 males), Whites (235 cases), and Medicaid covered 61.6% of all patients with JA (345 cases). The total hospital charges were $25,147,389 while the mean length of stay (LOS) was 4.55 days. The highest number of cases was reported in April 2017.
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Guenter P, Abdelhadi R, Anthony P, Blackmer A, Malone A, Mirtallo JM, Phillips W, Resnick HE. Malnutrition diagnoses and associated outcomes in hospitalized patients: United States, 2018. Nutr Clin Pract 2021; 36:957-969. [PMID: 34486169 DOI: 10.1002/ncp.10771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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In the US, malnutrition is prevalent among hospitalized patients and is associated with higher morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs when compared with those without malnutrition. Over time, national data have indicated the rate of coded malnutrition diagnoses among hospital discharges rising over time, and more current data on demographic and clinical characteristics of these patients are needed. Data on malnutrition discharges from the 2018 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)-the most recent nationally representative data-were examined and compared with earlier HCUP findings. Based on International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes, 8.9% of all US non-maternal, non-neonatal hospital discharges in 2018 had a coded diagnosis of malnutrition (CDM). From this 2018 data, those with a CDM were older, had longer lengths of stay, and incurred higher costs, as compared with those without a CDM. Higher readmission rates and higher inpatient mortality were also observed in this group. These findings provide more recent demographic and clinical evidence for standardized malnutrition diagnostic and interventional programs to treat and/or prevent this condition.
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- Peggi Guenter
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas, Missouri, USA
- Education and Staff Development, Nutrition Support, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas, Missouri, USA
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- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Wilkes JL, Montalban JN, Pringle BD, Monroe D, Miller A, Zapata I, Brooks AE, Ross DW. A Demographic and Regional Comparison of Opioid-Related Hospital Visits within Community Type in the United States. J Clin Med 2021; 10:3460. [PMID: 34441753 PMCID: PMC8397219 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10163460] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The opioid epidemic is a complex national crisis in the United States with a 400% increase in related deaths over the past two decades with no signs of slowing. The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of opioid use, based on the geographic and population characteristics. METHODS The opioid-related hospital inpatient stays and emergency department visits obtained from the 2010 to 2018 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and demographic confounders, including age, race, education, and income gathered from US Census data were analyzed through generalized linear mixed models and reported by community size and region. RESULTS Opioid use varies among population center sizes and the region analyzed. In general, opioid visits in the southwest region were greatest across the majority of population center sizes. Rural usage was greatest in the northeast, southeast, and southwest. Unemployment and diverse ethnicities were commonly associated with opioid use in the metro areas studied but these associations were not seen in rural areas. CONCLUSION Opioid use remains significant among diverse populations across the United States. Understanding the unique dynamics associated with opioid usage in populations within the regions studied is important in guiding future interventions to fight this crisis.
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- Jordan L. Wilkes
- Department of Specialty Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO 80134, USA; (J.L.W.); (J.N.M.); (B.D.P.); (D.M.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Specialty Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO 80134, USA; (J.L.W.); (J.N.M.); (B.D.P.); (D.M.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Specialty Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO 80134, USA; (J.L.W.); (J.N.M.); (B.D.P.); (D.M.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Specialty Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO 80134, USA; (J.L.W.); (J.N.M.); (B.D.P.); (D.M.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Specialty Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO 80134, USA; (J.L.W.); (J.N.M.); (B.D.P.); (D.M.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO 80134, USA;
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- Office of Research and Scholarly Activity, Rocky Vista University, Ivins, UT 84738, USA;
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- Department of Specialty Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO 80134, USA; (J.L.W.); (J.N.M.); (B.D.P.); (D.M.); (A.M.)
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Cooper JN, Koppera S, Boss EF, Lind MN. Differences in Tonsillectomy Utilization by Race/Ethnicity, Type of Health Insurance, and Rurality. Acad Pediatr 2021; 21:1031-1036. [PMID: 33207221 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Tonsillectomy is one of the most common pediatric surgical procedures. In previous decades, large geographic variation and racial disparities in its use have been reported. We aimed to compare contemporary rates of pediatric tonsillectomy utilization in the United States by child race/ethnicity, type of health insurance, and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan residence. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases and State Inpatient Databases of 8 US states. We included all children aged <15 years who underwent tonsillectomy in 2013 to 2017. Annual population-level tonsillectomy rates across states and sociodemographic groups overall and by surgical indication were calculated using US Census data. Negative binomial regression models were used to compare rates between groups. RESULTS In all states evaluated, tonsillectomy utilization was higher in non-Hispanic white children than non-Hispanic black or Hispanic children, higher in publicly insured than privately insured children, and higher in children residing in nonmetropolitan areas as compared to metropolitan areas (all P < .05). Tonsillectomy use was highest among white children from nonmetropolitan areas, both overall and for each indication (all P < .05). CONCLUSIONS Tonsillectomy utilization is higher in US children who are white, publicly insured, and who live in nonmetropolitan areas. Future research should identify multilevel factors, such as those at the patient, family, primary care provider, otolaryngologist, health care delivery system, interpersonal and community levels, that explain these differences in utilization in order to improve the appropriateness and equity of tonsillectomy use in children.
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- Jennifer N Cooper
- Center for Surgical Outcomes Research and Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital (JN Cooper and S Koppera), Columbus, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (JN Cooper), Columbus, Ohio; Division of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University College of Public Health (JN Cooper), Columbus, Ohio.
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- Center for Surgical Outcomes Research and Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital (JN Cooper and S Koppera), Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (EF Boss), Baltimore, Md
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Nationwide Children's Hospital (MN Lind), Columbus, Ohio; Department of Otolaryngology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (MN Lind), Columbus, Ohio
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The United States is in the midst of unprecedented person-to-person hepatitis A outbreaks. By using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data, we estimated the average costs per hepatitis A-related hospitalization in 2017. These estimates can guide investment in outbreak prevention efforts to stop the spread of this vaccine-preventable disease.
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Alemu BT, Beydoun HA, Olayinka O, Young B. Temporal trends in rates of opioid misuse among delivery-related hospitalizations in North Carolina from 2000 to 2014. J Addict Dis 2021; 39:270-282. [PMID: 33416040 DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2020.1859048] [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] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Opioid misuse during pregnancy is increasing at an alarming rate across the United States. To determine the prevalence, temporal trends, and resource usage of delivery-related hospitalizations of women who misuse opioids in North Carolina from 2000 to 2014. A retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted using the State Inpatient Databases. Annual prevalence was calculated, and linear trends were assessed using logistic regression. Temporal trends in hospital charges and length of stay (LOS) were analyzed using ordinary least squares regression with a loge-transformed response. Of 1,937,455 delivery-related hospitalizations in NC, 6,084 were associated with opioid misuse, a prevalence of 3.14 cases per 1,000 delivery-related discharges. During the study period, the prevalence of opioid misuse during pregnancy in NC increased 955%, from 0.9 cases per 1,000 discharges in 2000 to 9.5 cases per 1,000 discharges in 2014, an average annual rate increase of 1.18 cases (95% CI, 1.16-1.21; P < 0.0001). Median LOS for women who misuse opioids remained stable at three days, whereas the median charge per delivery-related hospitalization significantly increased from $6,311 in 2000 to $9,019 in 2010 (annual average change [AAC], 282.2; 95% CI, 182.9-381.5; P < 0.0001) and from $8,908 in 2011 to $10,864 in 2014 (AAC, 667.5; 95% CI, 275.2-1059.9; P < 0.0001). Health care providers and policymakers in NC are advised to introduce system-wide public health responses focused on prevention and increased access to evidence-based treatment that improves the health of the mothers and neonates who are exposed to opioids.
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- Brook T Alemu
- Health Sciences Program, School of Health Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA
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- Department of Research Programs, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Department of Defense, Fort Belvoir, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Social Work, College of Health and Human Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA
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Studies have linked Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improved primary care, but there is little research on how ACOs affect care in other settings. We examined whether Medicare ACOs have improved hospital quality of care, specifically focusing on preventable inpatient mortality. We used 2008-2014 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project hospital discharge data from 34 states’ Medicare ACO and non-ACO hospitals in conjunction with data from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey and the Survey of Care Systems and Payment. We estimated discharge-level logistic regression models that measured the relationship between ACO affiliation and mortality following admissions for acute myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, coronary artery bypass grafting, and pneumonia, controlling for patient demographic mix, hospital, and year. Our results suggest that, on average, Medicare ACO hospitals are not associated with improved mortality rates for the studied IQI conditions. Stakeholders may potentially consider providing ACOs with incentives or designing new programs for ACOs to target inpatient mortality reductions.
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- 2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
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- 2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
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Kelley KA, Tsikitis VL. Clinical Research Using the National Inpatient Sample: A Brief Review of Colorectal Studies Utilizing the NIS Database. Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2019; 32:33-40. [PMID: 30647544 DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1673352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) is the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States and is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The data are collected from state organizations, hospital associations, private organizations, and the federal government. This database has been used in more than 400 disease-focused studies to examine health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes of care. The database has been maintained since 1988, making it one of the oldest on hospital data. The focus of this review is to explore and discuss the use of NIS database in colorectal surgery research and to formulate a simplified guide of the data captured for future researchers.
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- Katherine A Kelley
- Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Wei M, Ford J, Li Q, Jeong D, Kwong AJ, Nguyen MH, Chang MS. Hospital Cirrhosis Volume and Readmission in Patients with Cirrhosis in California. Dig Dis Sci 2018; 63:2267-74. [PMID: 29457210 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-018-4964-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with cirrhosis are at high readmission risk. Using a large statewide database, we evaluated the effect of hospital cirrhosis-related patient volume on 30-day readmissions in patients with cirrhosis. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Database for adult patients with cirrhosis, as defined by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes, hospitalized in California between 2009 and 2011. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of hospital volume on 30-day readmissions. RESULTS A total of 69,612 patients with cirrhosis were identified in 405 hospitals; 24,062 patients were discharged from the top 10% of hospitals (N = 41) by cirrhosis volume, and 45,550 patients in the bottom 90% (N = 364). Compared with higher-volume centers, lower-volume hospitals cared for patients with similar average Quan-Charlson-Deyo (QCD) comorbidity scores (6.54 vs. 6.68), similar proportion of hepatitis B and fatty liver disease, lower proportion of hepatitis C (34.8 vs. 41.5%) but greater proportion of alcoholic liver disease (53.1 vs. 47.4%). Multivariable logistic regression analysis demonstrated admission to a lower-volume hospital did not predict 30-day readmission (odds ratio [OR] 0.97, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.92-1.01) after adjusting for sociodemographics, QCD score, cirrhosis severity, and hospital characteristics. Instead, liver transplant center status significantly decreased the risk of readmission (OR 0.87, 95% CI 0.80-0.94). Ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatocellular carcinoma, higher QCD, and presence of alcoholic liver disease and hepatitis C were also independent predictors. CONCLUSIONS Readmissions within 30 days were common among patients with cirrhosis hospitalized in California. While hospital cirrhosis volume did not predict 30-day readmissions, liver transplant center status was protective of readmissions. Medically complicated patients with cirrhosis at hospitals without liver transplant centers may benefit from additional support to prevent readmission.
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES It is known that inpatient care accounts for a significant portion of health care expenditures, but the national burden of inpatient pediatric dermatology is poorly characterized. We sought to assess risk factors, conditions, and financial costs associated with pediatric hospitalizations for skin disease. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study of pediatric dermatology hospitalizations using the 2012 Kids' Inpatient Database, which samples 80% of non-birth-related pediatric admissions from 44 states to generate national estimates. The demographic characteristics of children admitted for dermatologic and nondermatologic conditions were compared, and the financial costs of these admissions were analyzed. RESULTS In 2012, there were 74 229 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 68 620-79 978) pediatric dermatology hospitalizations, accounting for 4.2% of all pediatric admissions and $379.8 million (95% CI = $341.3-418.4 million) in health care costs. Bacterial infections (n = 59 115, 95% CI = 54 669-63 561), viral diseases (n = 3812, 95% CI = 3457-4167), and noncancerous skin growths (n = 2931, 95% CI = 2318-3545) were the most common conditions requiring hospitalization. The highest mean cost per hospitalization was for admissions for cutaneous lymphomas ($58 294, 95% CI = $31 694-84 893), congenital skin abnormalities ($24 186, 95% CI = $16 645-31 728), and ulcers ($17 064, 95% CI = $14 683-19 446). Pediatric dermatology hospitalizations were most strongly associated with living in a low-income community (odds ratio (OR) = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.16-1.29) and the South (OR = 1.32, 95% CI = 1.19-1.46) and being uninsured (OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.26-1.45) or having Medicaid insurance (OR = 1.17, 95% CI = 1.13-1.22). CONCLUSION Skin disease is a common cause of hospitalizations in children, and there are disparities in these admissions that could reflect inadequate access to outpatient pediatric dermatologists.
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- Justin D Arnold
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Economics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.,Division of Dermatology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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Donnally CJ, Kalakoti P, Buskard ANL, Butler AJ, Madhavan K, Nanda A, Pugely AJ, Gjolaj JP. Inpatient Outcomes After Elective Lumbar Spinal Fusion for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Absence of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. World Neurosurg 2018; 116:e913-e920. [PMID: 29852306 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND To our knowledge, no prior study has evaluated outcomes after elective lumbar spinal surgery in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This review investigated the impact of HIV-positive status (without AIDS) on outcomes after elective lumbar fusion for degenerative disc disease (DDD). METHODS Adult patients registered in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2002-2011) undergoing elective lumbar fusion for DDD were extracted. Multivariable regression techniques were used to explore the association of HIV positivity with outcomes after lumbar fusion. RESULTS This cohort included 612,000 hospitalizations (0.07% were HIV positive) of lumbar fusion for DDD. Compared with HIV-negative patients undergoing lumbar fusion, HIV-positive patients were younger (47 vs. 55 years), male (61% vs. 42%), largely insured by Medicare (30% vs. 5%), and had higher rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (23.7% vs. 14.6%) (all P < 0.001) but had lower rates of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes (all P < 0.001). Multivariable models demonstrated HIV positivity to be associated with higher odds for an adverse event (odds ratio [OR], 1.92; P < 0.001), in-hospital mortality (OR, 39.91; P < 0.001), wound complications (OR, 2.60; P = 0.004), respiratory (OR, 5.43; P < 0.001) and neurologic (OR, 1.96; P = 0.039) complications, and higher costs (7.1% higher; P = 0.011) compared with non-HIV patients. There were no differences in thromboembolic events, cardiac or gastrointestinal complications, discharge disposition, or length of stay. CONCLUSIONS Even in this selected cohort of well-controlled HIV patients, there were high complications, with concerning rates of death and respiratory complications. These data shed new light on elective spine surgery in HIV patients and may influence the treatment algorithm of surgeons who are familiar with older papers.
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- Chester J Donnally
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA.
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA
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Nadig NR, Goodwin AJ, Simpson AN, Simpson KN, Richards J, Ford DW. Patient and Hospital Characteristics Associated with Interhospital Transfer for Adults with Ventilator-Dependent Respiratory Failure. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017; 14:730-6. [PMID: 28199137 DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201611-918OC] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Patients with ventilator-dependent respiratory failure have improved outcomes at centers with greater expertise; yet, most patients are not treated in such facilities. Efforts to align care for respiratory failure and hospital capability would necessarily require interhospital transfer. OBJECTIVES To characterize the prevalence and the patient and hospital factors associated with interhospital transfer of adults residing in Florida with ventilator-dependent respiratory failure. METHODS We performed a retrospective, observational study using Florida Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data. We selected patients 18 years of age and older with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes of respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation during 2012 and 2013, and we identified cohorts of patients that did and did not undergo interhospital transfer. We obtained patient sociodemographic and clinical variables and categorized hospitals into subtypes on the basis of patient volume and services provided: large, medium (nonprofit or for-profit), and small. RESULTS Interhospital transfer was our primary outcome measure. Patient sociodemographics, clinical variables, and hospital types were used as covariates. We identified 2,580 patients with ventilator-dependent respiratory failure who underwent interhospital transfer. Overall, transfer was uncommon, with only 2.9% of patients being transferred. In a hierarchical model, age less than 65 years (odds ratio [OR], 2.09; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.77-2.45) and tracheostomy (OR, 3.19; 95% CI, 2.80-3.65) were associated with higher odds of transfer, whereas having Medicaid was associated with lower odds of transfer than having commercial insurance (OR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.56-0.75). Additionally, care in medium-sized for-profit hospitals was associated with lower odds of transfer (OR, 1.37 vs. 2.70) than care in medium nonprofit hospitals, despite similar hospital characteristics. CONCLUSIONS In Florida, interhospital transfer of patients with ventilator-dependent respiratory failure is uncommon and more likely among younger, commercially insured, medically resource-intensive patients. For-profit hospitals are less likely to transfer than nonprofit hospitals. In future studies, researchers should test for geographic variations and examine the clinical implications of selectivity in interhospital transfer of patients with ventilator-dependent respiratory failure.
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Bruckel J, Mehta A, Bradley SM, Thomas S, Lowenstein CJ, Nallamothu BK, Walkey AJ. Variation in Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Implications for Heart Failure Risk-Adjusted Hospital Mortality Metrics. JACC Heart Fail 2017; 5:743-752. [PMID: 28958349 PMCID: PMC7552359 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2017.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the effect of patient do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status on hospital risk-adjusted heart failure mortality metrics. BACKGROUND Do-not-resuscitate orders limit the use of life-sustaining therapies. Patients with DNR orders have increased in-hospital mortality, and DNR rates vary among hospitals. Variations in DNR rates could strongly confound risk-adjusted hospital mortality rates for heart failure. METHODS We identified a cohort of adults with primary diagnosis of heart failure by using the 2011 California State Inpatient Database, a claims database that captures "early DNR," within 24 h of admission. Hospital-level risk-standardized in-hospital mortality was determined using random effects logistic regression. We explored changes in outlier status in models with and without early DNR status. RESULTS Among 55,865 patients from 290 hospitals hospitalized with heart failure, 12.1% (11.8% to 12.4%) had an early DNR order. Hospitals with higher risk-standardized DNR rates had higher risk-standardized mortality (ρ = 0.241; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.129 to 0.346; p < 0.001). Including DNR in models used to benchmark hospital mortality improved model performance (c-statistic from 0.821 [95% CI: 0.812 to 0.830] to 0.845 [95% CI: 0.837 to 0.853]; increased model explanatory power by 17%). Including DNR resulted in reclassification of 9.3% of hospitals' outlier status. Agreement in hospital outlier designation between models with and without DNR was low to moderate (kappa coefficient: 0.492; 95% CI: 0.331 to 0.654). CONCLUSIONS Accounting for DNR status resulted in a change in estimated risk-standardized mortality rates and classification of hospitals as performance "outliers." Given public reporting of heart failure mortality measurements and their influence on reimbursement, accounting for the presence of early DNR orders in quality measures should be considered.
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- Jeffrey Bruckel
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health System, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management and Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Luni FK, Malik SA, Khan AR, Riaz H, Singh H, Federman D, Kanjwal Y, Dasa O, Khuder S, Kabour A. Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Patients With Sjögren's Syndrome. Am J Med Sci 2017; 354:395-398. [PMID: 29078844 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2017.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ischemic heart disease (IHD) has emerged as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with autoimmune conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, but the risk of IHD in Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) is unknown. To fill this knowledge gap, we estimated the prevalence and risk of IHD with SjS compared to controls from the general population using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample 2011 database. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project administrative longitudinal database contains encounter-level information on inpatient stays, emergency department visits and ambulatory surgery in all U.S. hospitals. We conducted a cross-sectional study among the inpatient population diagnosed with SjS and matched 1:4 with controls for age, sex and hospital region. Odds ratio for IHD was calculated as cases compared to controls. The contribution of various risk factors to IHD was also evaluated by logistic regression. RESULTS Analysis demonstrated that 7,154 of 13,086 cases (54.7%) of SjS had IHD compared to 27,367 of 52,448 controls (52.2%). The adjusted odds ratio for IHD in those with SjS was 0.898 (95% CI: 0.844-0.955). Patients with SjS were significantly more likely to have hypertension, diabetes, apnea and lipid disorders. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the largest population-based study investigating the risk of IHD in patients with SjS. We found a modest, though statistically significant, decrease in the risk of IHD in SjS compared to controls.
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- Faraz Khan Luni
- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mercy Saint Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Mercy Saint Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mercy Saint Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
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- School of Population Health, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mercy Saint Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
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Elder JW, Delgado MK, Chung BI, Pirrotta EA, Wang NE. Variation in the Intensity of Care for Patients with Uncomplicated Renal Colic Presenting to U.S. Emergency Departments. J Emerg Med 2016; 51:628-35. [PMID: 27720288 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2016.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Renal colic results in > 1 million ED visits per year, yet there exists a gap in understanding how the majority of these visits, namely uncomplicated cases, are managed. OBJECTIVE We assessed patient- and hospital-level variation for emergency department (ED) management of uncomplicated kidney stones. METHODS We identified ED visits from non-elderly adults (aged 19-79 years) with a primary diagnosis indicating renal stone or colic from the 2011 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample. Patients with additional diagnostic codes indicating infection, sepsis, and abdominal aortic aneurysm were excluded. We used sample-weighted logistic regression to determine the association between hospital admission and having a urologic procedure with patient and hospital characteristics. RESULTS Of the 1,061,462 ED visits for uncomplicated kidney stones in 2011, 8.0% of visits resulted in admission and 6.3% resulted in an inpatient urologic procedure. Uninsured patients compared to Medicaid insured patients were less likely to be admitted or have an inpatient urologic procedure (odds ratio [OR] = 0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.65-0.81 and OR = 0.80; 95% CI 0.72-0.87, respectively). Private- and Medicare-insured patients compared to Medicaid-insured patients were more likely to have an inpatient urologic procedure (OR = 1.20; 95% CI 1.11-1.30 and OR = 1.14; 95% CI 1.04-1.25, respectively). CONCLUSIONS For patients with uncomplicated renal colic, there is variation in the management associated with nonclinical factors, namely insurance. No consensus guidelines exist yet to address when to admit or utilize inpatient urologic procedures.
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Lee JA, Roehrig CS, Butto ED. Cancer care cost trends in the United States: 1998 to 2012. Cancer 2016; 122:1078-84. [PMID: 26773823 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The authors examine trends in spending on cancer from 1998 through 2012, including cancer care costs, prevalence, and cases by payer, and discuss the results within the context of a prior analysis and recent health policy and programmatic changes. METHODS Condition-specific distribution of expenditures from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, supplemented with results from the National Nursing Home Survey and other data sources, was used as the basis for allocating the Personal Health Care components of the National Health Expenditure Accounts among conditions. RESULTS Cancer care expenditures grew at an annualized rate of 2.9% from 1998 to 2012. The share of expenditures for hospital-based care declined to a low of 48% during 2007 through 2009. Professional and clinical services' shares declined substantially between 2007 to 2009 and 2010 to 2012 when the hospital share increased. Treated prevalence decreased for all payers between the first and last study periods with the exception of private payers (11.2% increase). Out-of-pocket expenditures declined to 4.7%, whereas Medicare's share increased slightly. Medication expenditures increased, notably within retail and mail order settings. CONCLUSIONS The previous rapid growth of cancer prevalence and expenditures has now slowed, most remarkably since the 2007 recession. Out-of-pocket expenses for cancer treatment continue to decline, most recently reaching the lowest point in 25 years. In addition, the early effects of Affordable Care Act expansion can be observed in the decline of treated prevalence in the Medicaid population as the demographics of Medicaid enrollees change.
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Goebel TE, Schiltz NK, Woodside KJ, Pillai AC, Caimi PF, Lazarus HM, Koroukian SM, Campagnaro EL. Neoplastic and non-neoplastic complications of solid organ transplantation in patients with preexisting monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Clin Transplant 2015; 29:851-7. [PMID: 26194021 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) occurs in 3-7% of the elderly population, with higher prevalence in renal failure patients, and is associated with a 25-fold increased lifetime risk for plasma cell myeloma (PCM), also known as multiple myeloma. Using the California State Inpatient, Emergency Department, and Ambulatory Surgery Databases components of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), we sought to determine whether patients with MGUS who undergo solid organ allograft (n = 22,062) are at increased adjusted relative risk (aRR) for hematologic malignancy and other complications. Among solid organ transplant patients, patients with preexisting MGUS had higher aRR of PCM (aRR 19.46; 95% CI 7.05, 53.73; p < 0.001), venous thromboembolic events (aRR 1.66; 95% CI 1.15, 2.41; p = 0.007), and infection (aRR 1.24; 95% CI 1.06, 1.45; p = 0.007). However, when comparing MGUS patients with and without solid organ transplant, there was decreased aRR for PCM with transplant (aRR 0.34; 95% CI 0.13, 0.88; p = 0.027), and increased venous thromboembolic events (aRR 2.33; 95% CI 1.58, 3.44; p < 0.001) and infectious risks (aRR 1.44; 95% CI 1.23, 1.70; p < 0.001). While MGUS increased the risk of PCM overall following solid organ transplantation, there was lower risk of PCM development compared to MGUS patients who did not receive a transplant. MGUS should not preclude solid organ transplant.
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- Teresa E Goebel
- Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center & University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.,Population Health and Outcomes Research Core, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Section of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.,Population Health and Outcomes Research Core, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center & University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center & University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.,Population Health and Outcomes Research Core, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Simeone RM, Oster ME, Hobbs CA, Robbins JM, Thomas Collins R, Honein MA. Factors associated with inpatient hospitalizations among patients aged 1 to 64 years with congenital heart defects, Arkansas 2006 to 2011. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 103:589-96. [PMID: 26172576 DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Individuals with congenital heart defects (CHDs) have high hospital resource use. We sought to identify factors associated with hospital costs and multiple hospitalizations among individuals with CHDs. METHODS Data from the 2006 to 2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Arkansas State Inpatient Databases were linked across encrypted patient identifiers to develop a cohort of Arkansas residents aged 1 to 64 years who were hospitalized at least once with a CHD during this time period. Infants were excluded because patient identifiers were missing for 18 to 52% each year. CHDs were identified using principal and secondary International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnoses codes. All hospitalizations of individuals ever admitted with a CHD were included. Mean and median patient-level costs were estimated; the association of hospital costs and patient readmissions were examined with linear and logistic regression. RESULTS There were 1,185,868 inpatient hospitalizations of Arkansas residents aged 1 to 64 years between 2006 and 2011; these were accrued by 603,925 patients. Of those, 2542 patients (0.42%) had at least one hospitalization with a CHD diagnosis. Total costs for these 2542 patients were $126,999,837 and they accumulated 7898 hospitalizations. Factors associated with increased costs included patient age, CHD type, cardiac procedures, and comorbidities. Factors associated with hospital readmission within 1 year included age, CHD type, expected payer, and comorbidities. CONCLUSION Individuals with CHDs in Arkansas experience variation in hospital use and costs by patient characteristics. Future research should investigate factors associated with readmissions, cardiac procedures, and comorbidities, as these are strongly associated with hospital costs. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 103:589-596, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Regina M Simeone
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.,Sibley Heart Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Navaneethan U, Njei B, Venkatesh PGK, Sanaka MR. Timing of colonoscopy and outcomes in patients with lower GI bleeding: a nationwide population-based study. Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 79:297-306.e12. [PMID: 24060518 DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2013.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of urgent colonoscopy in lower GI bleeding (LGIB) remains controversial. Population-based studies on LGIB outcomes are lacking. OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of the timing of colonoscopy on outcomes of patients with LGIB. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2010. PATIENTS International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes identified patients with LGIB who underwent colonoscopy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS In-hospital mortality, length of stay, and hospitalization costs in patients who underwent early (≤24 hours) or delayed (>24 hours) colonoscopy. RESULTS A total of 58,296 discharges with LGIB were identified; 22,720 had a colonoscopy performed during the hospitalization. A total of 9156 patients had colonoscopy performed within 24 hours (early colonoscopy), and 13,564 had colonoscopy performed after 24 hours (delayed colonoscopy). There was no difference in mortality in patients with LGIB who had early versus delayed colonoscopy (0.3% vs 0.4%, P = .24). However, patients who underwent early colonoscopy had a shorter length of hospital stay (2.9 vs 4.6 days, P < .001), decreased need for blood transfusion (44.6% vs 53.8%, P < .001), and lower hospitalization costs ($22,142 vs $28,749, P < .001). On multivariate analysis, timing of colonoscopy did not affect mortality (adjusted odds ratio 1.5; 95% confidence interval, 0.7-2.7). On multivariate analysis, delayed colonoscopy was associated with an increase in the length of hospital stay by 1.6 days and an increase in hospitalization costs of $7187. LIMITATIONS Administrative dataset. CONCLUSIONS Early colonoscopy within 24 hours is associated with decreased length of hospital stay and hospitalization costs in patients with LGIB.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Medical Center, Farmington, Connecticut
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Hasegawa K, Tsugawa Y, Brown DFM, Camargo CA. Childhood asthma hospitalizations in the United States, 2000-2009. J Pediatr 2013; 163:1127-33.e3. [PMID: 23769497 PMCID: PMC3786053 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2013] [Revised: 04/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine temporal trends in the US incidence of childhood asthma hospitalizations, in-hospital mortality, mechanical ventilation use, and hospital charges between 2000 and 2009. STUDY DESIGN This was a serial, cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample of children hospitalized with acute asthma. The Kids Inpatient Database was used to identify children aged <18 years with asthma by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code 493.xx. Outcome measures were asthma hospitalization incidence, in-hospital mortality, mechanical ventilation use, and hospital charges. We examined temporal trends of each outcome, accounting for sampling weights. Hospital charges were adjusted for inflation to 2009 US dollars. RESULTS The 4 separate years (2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009) of national discharge data included a total of 592805 weighted discharges with asthma. Between 2000 and 2009, the rate of asthma hospitalization in US children decreased from 21.1 to 18.4 per 10000 person-years (13% decrease; Ptrend < .001). Mortality declined significantly after adjusting for confounders (OR for comparison of 2009 with 2000, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.17-0.79). In contrast, there was an increase in the use of mechanical ventilation (from 0.8% to 1.0%, a 28% increase; Ptrend < .001). Nationwide hospital charges also increased from $1.27 billion to $1.59 billion (26% increase; Ptrend < .001); this increase was driven by a rise in the geometric mean of hospital charges per discharge, from $5940 to $8410 (42% increase; Ptrend < .001). CONCLUSION Between 2000 and 2009, we found significant declines in asthma hospitalization and in-hospital mortality among US children. In contrast, mechanical ventilation use and hospital charges for asthma increased significantly over this same period.
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- Kohei Hasegawa
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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Schlomer BJ, Saperston K, Baskin L. National trends in augmentation cystoplasty in the 2000s and factors associated with patient outcomes. J Urol 2013; 190:1352-7. [PMID: 23643599 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.04.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Augmentation cystoplasty is a major surgery performed by pediatric urologists. We evaluated national estimates of children undergoing augmentation cystoplasty in the United States for trends during the 2000s, and analyzed patient and hospital factors associated with outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients who underwent augmentation cystoplasty registered in the 2000 to 2009 Kids' Inpatient Database were included. Estimates of total number of augmentation cystoplasties performed and patient and hospital characteristics were evaluated for trends. Hierarchical models were created to evaluate patient and hospital factors associated with length of stay, total hospital charges and odds of having a postoperative complication. RESULTS An estimated 792 augmentation cystoplasties were performed in 2000, which decreased to 595 in 2009 (p = 0.02). Length of stay decreased from 10.5 days in 2000 to 9.2 days in 2009 (p = 0.04). A total of 1,622 augmentation cystoplasties were included in the hierarchical models and 30% of patients had a complication identified. Patient factors associated with increased length of stay and increased odds of any complication included bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex diagnosis and older age. Pediatric hospitals had 31% greater total hospital charges (95% CI 7-55). CONCLUSIONS The estimated number of augmentation cystoplasties performed in children in the United States decreased by 25% in the 2000s, and mean length of stay decreased by 1 day. The cause of the decrease is multifactorial but could represent changing practice patterns in the United States. Of the patients 30% had a potential complication during hospitalization after augmentation cystoplasty. Older age and bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex diagnosis were associated with greater length of stay and increased odds of having any complication.
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- Bruce J Schlomer
- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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