複数の併発性疾患を持つ高齢患者に対する臨床実務ガイドラインと医療の質:業績報酬への影響
Cynthia M Boyd1, Jonathan Darer, Chad Boult
1Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, USA. cyboyd@jhmi.edu
JAMA
|August 11, 2005
まとめ
クリニカル・プラクティス・ガイドライン (CPG) は,複数の健康状態の高齢患者に害を与える可能性があります. CPGの遵守は,不適切なケアと悪質なインセンティブにつながる可能性があり,複雑な併発性疾患に合わせた品質対策の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- ゲリアトリック・メディシン (老年医学)
- 医療サービス 研究 医療サービス
- 証拠に基づいた実践
背景:
- クリニカル・プラクティス・ガイドライン (CPG) は,慢性疾患に対する医療の質を向上させることを目的としています.
- パフォーマンスのための報酬のイニシアチブは,しばしば医師のパフォーマンスをCPGの遵守と結びつけます.
研究 の 目的:
- 複数の併発性疾患を管理する高齢者のケアに既存のCPGの適用性を評価する.
主な方法:
- メディケア受給者の慢性疾患の流行の分析と,関連するCPGの特定.
- CPGの独立評価は,治療目標,薬物相互作用,患者負担,および好みを考慮して,併発症の高齢患者への適用性について行われます.
- 複数の慢性疾患を患っている仮説的な患者に対する勧告の集約.
主要な成果:
- ほとんどのCPGは,複数の併発性疾患を有する高齢患者に対する具体的なガイドラインが欠け,治療目標,患者負担,または好みを扱わない.
- 仮説的な患者のCPGをフォローすると,12種類の薬剤と潜在的な有害な薬物相互作用の複雑なレジメンが生まれました.
- 処方された薬剤に関連した月間費用の有意な増加が認められた.
結論:
- 現在のCPGの遵守は,複雑な健康プロファイルを持つ高齢者のために有害な結果をもたらす可能性があります.
- この集団における品質評価と業績報酬のための既存のCPGを使用すると,誤判と悪質なインセンティブにつながる可能性があります.
- 複数の併発性疾患を持つ高齢患者のケアのための特定の品質対策の開発は,彼らの医療を改善するために不可欠です.
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