冠動脈再血管化後の医師の請求書と心臓ストレステストのパターンの関連性
Bimal R Shah1, Patricia A Cowper, Sean M O'Brien
1Duke Clinical Research Institute and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA. bimal.shah@duke.edu
JAMA
|November 10, 2011
まとめ
医師の請求慣行は,冠動脈再血管化後の心臓ストレステストの利用に大きく影響した. 技術的または専門的な手数料を請求する医師は,より多くの核ストレステストとストレスエコーカルジオグラムを注文しました.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- 医療サービス 研究 医療サービス
- 医学経済学 医学経済学
背景:
- 財政的インセンティブは,心臓のストレスイメージングの使用に影響を与える可能性があります.
- 医師の請求書とストレステストの関係がよく理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 医者の請求方法と,核ストレステストとストレスエコーカルディオグラフィーの利用との関連を調査する.
- テクニカルおよび/またはプロフェッショナル手数料の請求が再循環化後のストレステストにどのように影響するか分析する.
主な方法:
- 冠動脈再血管化を施した17,847人の患者の遡及的分析.
- 医者は,技術手数料,プロフェッショナル手数料,またはどちらも請求によって分類されます.
- 患者と医師の要因に調整されたロジスティック回帰モデル.
主要な成果:
- 医療費を請求する医師の治療を受けた患者は,医療費を請求しない医師の治療を受けた患者と比較して,核ストレステスト (OR 2.3 と 1.6) とストレスエコーカルディオグラフィー (OR 12.8 と 7.1) の割合が高かった.
- 総合的なストレステストの発生率は,外来診察の30日以内に12.2%であった.
結論:
- 技術的および/または専門的な手数料に対する医師の請求は,冠動脈再循環化後の核およびエコー心臓検査のストレステストの使用の増加と関連しています.
- 財政的要因は,心臓のストレスイメージングの手続きの順番に役割を果たしているようです.
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