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  • 1Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España; Plan Director de las Enfermedades del Aparato Respiratorio (PDMAR), Barcelona, España; Observatorio de las Terapias Respiratorias (Obs TRD). Departamento de Salud, CatSalut, AQuAS, PDMAR y Fundació d'Osona per a la Recerca i Educació Sanitària (FORES), Vic, Barcelona, España; REDISSEC (Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas), Barcelona, España.

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Prescription rates for home mechanical ventilation (HMV) show significant regional variation, increasing with age and influenced by hospital resources like chest units. This highlights disparities in HMV accessibility.

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FinanciaciónHome mechanical ventilationReimbursementVariabilidadVariabilityVentilación mecánica a domicilio

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  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Informatics

Background:

  • Limited research exists on the prevalence and accessibility of home mechanical ventilation (HMV).
  • Understanding HMV prescription patterns is crucial for equitable healthcare delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize the prevalence of HMV across different healthcare sectors.
  • To analyze the variability in HMV prescriptions using administrative data.

Main Methods:

  • Compared HMV prescribing rates in 37 Catalan Health Service sectors (2008-2011).
  • Calculated crude accumulated activity rates using systematic component of variation (SCV) and empirical Bayes (EB) methods.
  • Utilized standardized activity ratios (SAR) and mapping to visualize geographic variations.

Main Results:

  • Observed a crude HMV prescription rate of 23 per 100,000 population, with a 39% increase over time.
  • Identified significant variability in prescribing rates, particularly in women and men, which remained constant.
  • Hospitals with chest units showed a higher association with HMV prescriptions (beta=0.68, P<.0001).

Conclusions:

  • Variability in HMV prescribing is partly attributed to professional attitudes and access to specialized centers.
  • Administrative data analysis and variability mapping effectively identify unexplained prescribing variations.
  • This approach offers a feasible method for tracking HMV treatment in the absence of systematic records.