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Failure to rescue: validation of an algorithm using administrative data.

Leora I Horwitz1, Joanne F Cuny, Julie Cerese

  • 1VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA. leora.horwitz@yale.edu

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|May 15, 2007
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Failure to Rescue (FTR) algorithm inaccurately identifies about half of patient cases. This indicator shows significant variability across institutions and is less accurate for nonsurgical patients.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare quality improvement
  • Patient safety indicators
  • Health services research

Background:

  • Failure to Rescue (FTR) is a patient safety indicator defined as the rate of death in patients experiencing specific in-hospital complications.
  • The AHRQ FTR algorithm calculates this indicator using administrative data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the accuracy of the AHRQ Failure to Rescue (FTR) algorithm.
  • To assess the algorithm's performance across different patient groups and healthcare settings.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective chart review was conducted on 60 denominator cases of FTR identified by the AHRQ algorithm at 40 academic health systems.
  • Accuracy was compared between the algorithm's identification and chart review findings.
  • Analysis included accuracy by complication type, patient demographics, institution, service, and mortality status.

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Main Results:

  • The AHRQ FTR algorithm accurately identified FTR-qualifying complications in only 50.7% of cases reviewed.
  • Accuracy varied significantly by institution (18.3-100%), with lower accuracy for nonsurgical services (42.9%) compared to surgical services (62.9%).
  • Algorithm accuracy was higher for deceased patients (67.5%) than for surviving patients (43.9%) and was not influenced by patient age, gender, race, or insurance.

Conclusions:

  • The AHRQ FTR algorithm, as calculated from administrative data, misidentifies approximately half of patient cases.
  • The algorithm's accuracy is inconsistent across institutions and less reliable for nonsurgical patient care.
  • Improvements in medical coding quality and consistency are essential for enhancing the utility of this patient safety indicator for internal quality assessment and potentially for external comparisons.