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Area of Science:

  • Health economics
  • Critical care medicine
  • Emergency medicine

Background:

  • Value in healthcare is defined as quality per unit cost.
  • Emergency department intensive care unit (ED-ICU) models are linked to enhanced quality of care.
  • Assessing the value of ED-ICU models requires understanding the incremental direct costs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the association between implementing an ED-ICU and changes in direct costs, net revenue, and direct margin per emergency department (ED) encounter.
  • To determine the economic impact of an ED-ICU care delivery model.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective economic analysis compared ED patient costs before and after the implementation of an ED-ICU at a large academic medical center.
  • Two cohorts were defined: pre-ED-ICU (September 2012-June 2014) and post-ED-ICU (July 2015-April 2017), excluding fiscal year 2015.
  • Inflation-adjusted direct costs, net revenue, and direct margins per ED encounter were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • The study analyzed 234,884 ED visits. The post-ED-ICU cohort was older and required more intensive care.
  • Implementation of the ED-ICU showed no significant change in inflation-adjusted total direct cost per ED encounter ($4875 vs $4877).
  • Inflation-adjusted net revenue per encounter increased by 7.0%, and direct margin per encounter increased by 46.6%.

Conclusions:

  • The ED-ICU model of care did not significantly alter the direct cost per ED encounter.
  • By maintaining costs while potentially improving quality, the ED-ICU model demonstrates enhanced value in healthcare delivery.
  • This suggests that ED-ICU implementation is an economically viable strategy for improving patient care.