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Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting (Propensity Score) using the Military Health System Data Repository and National Death Index
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Provider profiling models for acute coronary syndrome mortality using administrative data.

Alex Bottle1, Robert D Sanders, Abdul Mozid

  • 1Dr Foster Unit at Imperial, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. robert.bottle@imperial.ac.uk

International Journal of Cardiology
|October 16, 2012
PubMed
Summary

Administrative data can effectively benchmark hospital performance for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) mortality. Accurately adjusting for patient transfers and post-discharge deaths significantly impacts hospital mortality rate comparisons more than comorbidity measurement methods.

Keywords:
Acute coronary syndromeHealth services researchHospital performanceRisk modelStatistics

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Published on: January 8, 2020

Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Public Health
  • Health Informatics

Background:

  • Administrative data are increasingly used for provider profiling and benchmarking hospital performance, particularly for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
  • However, their application in risk-adjustment models for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is less explored.
  • Key factors influencing model performance, such as comorbidity measurement, inter-hospital transfers, and post-discharge deaths, require careful assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of different comorbidity measurement methods, inter-hospital transfers, and post-discharge deaths on risk-adjustment models for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
  • To assess the effect of these factors on hospital-level standardized mortality ratios (SMRs).

Main Methods:

  • Logistic regression models were developed using three years of national public hospital emergency admissions data for ACS in England.
  • The models predicted 30-day total mortality and compared the Charlson comorbidity index with modeling previous admissions.
  • Data were linked to death registrations to capture mortality outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Prior admissions for conditions like cancer and renal failure were linked to higher post-ACS mortality.
  • The Charlson comorbidity index demonstrated better performance than using admission histories.
  • Model discrimination (c=0.81) was comparable to clinical databases, but excluding transfers or post-discharge deaths significantly altered SMRs for a minority of hospitals.

Conclusions:

  • Administrative hospital data in England can be utilized to construct well-discriminating models for comparing ACS mortality.
  • Accounting for inter-hospital transfers and post-discharge deaths is crucial for accurate hospital performance comparisons.
  • The choice of comorbidity adjustment method had a lesser impact compared to accounting for transfers and post-discharge deaths.