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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare epidemiology
  • Infectious disease prevention
  • Health services research

Background:

  • Health care facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) is a significant concern in acute-care settings.
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) value-based incentive programs (VBIPs) target HO-CDI rates as a quality metric.
  • The impact of VBIPs on HO-CDI rates has not been previously established.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between the implementation of VBIPs and HO-CDI rates.
  • To determine if VBIPs influenced HO-CDI trends in US acute-care hospitals.

Main Methods:

  • An interrupted time series study analyzed quarterly HO-CDI rates per 10,000 patient-days from January 2013 to March 2019.
  • Data from 265 acute-care hospitals were evaluated using generalized estimating equations and negative binomial regression.
  • Models controlled for hospital characteristics and the predominant method of CDI testing (NAAT, EIA, or other).

Main Results:

  • VBIP implementation in October 2016 was associated with an immediate 6% decline in HO-CDI rates.
  • A sustained reduction of 4% per quarter in HO-CDI rates was observed post-VBIP implementation.
  • These findings were consistent across different CDI testing methods, including nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) and enzyme immunoassays (EIA).

Conclusions:

  • VBIP implementation demonstrated a significant positive impact on reducing HO-CDI rates.
  • The observed improvements were independent of the specific diagnostic testing methods employed by hospitals.
  • Further research is recommended to identify the mechanisms driving these improvements to inform future healthcare quality initiatives.