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Resource Use Trajectories for Aged Medicare Beneficiaries with Complex Coronary Conditions.
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PMID:  23347002     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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OBJECTIVE: To use coronary revascularization choice to illustrate the application of a method simulating a treatment's effect on subsequent resource use. DATA SOURCES: Medicare inpatient and outpatient claims from 2002 to 2008 for patients receiving multivessel revascularization for symptomatic coronary disease in 2003-2004. STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective cohort study of 102,877 beneficiaries assessed survival, days in institutional settings, and Medicare payments for up to 6 years following receipt of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS: A three-part estimator designed to provide robust estimates of a treatment's effect in the setting of mortality and censored follow-up was used. The estimator decomposes the treatment effect into effects attributable to survival differences versus treatment-related intensity of resource use. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: After adjustment, on average CABG recipients survived 23 days longer, spent an 11 additional days in institutional settings, and had cumulative Medicare payments that were $12,834 higher than PCI recipients. The majority of the differences in institutional days and payments were due to intensity rather than survival effects. CONCLUSIONS: In this example, the survival benefit from CABG was modest and the resource implications were substantial, although further adjustments for treatment selection are needed.
Authors:
Jerome J Federspiel; Sally C Stearns; Laura P D'Arcy; Kimberley H Geissler; Christopher A Beadles; Daniel J Crespin; Timothy S Carey; Joseph S Rossi; Brett C Sheridan
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2013-1-24
Journal Detail:
Title:  Health services research     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1475-6773     ISO Abbreviation:  Health Serv Res     Publication Date:  2013 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2013-1-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0053006     Medline TA:  Health Serv Res     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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© Health Research and Educational Trust.
Affiliation:
Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
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