局所診断検査の強度と侵襲性心臓手術の関連性について
D E Wennberg1, M A Kellett, J D Dickens
1Division of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland 04107, USA.
JAMA
|April 17, 1996
まとめ
侵襲的な心臓手術の地理的差異は,主に診断検査の強度によって説明されます. 局所ストレステストの使用は,メディケア受給者の冠動脈血管図と再血管化率を強く予測します.
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:
- 侵襲性心臓手術の利用には地理的な違いがあります.
- これらの変化を誘発する診断検査の役割は,十分に理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 診断検査と侵襲性心臓手術の関係について調査する.
- 診断検査が,処置率の地理的変動を説明するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- ニューイングランド北部のMedicare Part Bデータを用いた人口ベースのコホート研究.
- 12のサービス分野におけるストレステスト,冠動脈動脈造影,および再血管化の利用率の分析.
- 介入後に行われた試験を除く手順カテゴリー間の関係を評価するための線形回帰.
主要な成果:
- トータルストレステストの割合と,その後の冠動脈血管検査 (R2=0.61) の間で強い正の相関が観察されました.
- 画像ストレステストは,血管撮影率の変動を有意に説明しました (R2=0.50).
- 冠動脈動脈造影は重血管化率 (R2=0.82) を強く予測し,ストレステストも重血管化率 (R2=0.55) と関連していた.
結論:
- 診断検査の割合は,その後の侵襲性心臓手術の変動を実質的に説明します.
- 局所検査の強度は,心臓介入の使用に影響を与える重要な要因です.
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