TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in health outcomes for high-need high-cost patients across high-income countries
AU - Papanicolas, Irene
AU - Riley, Kristen
AU - Abiona, Olukorede
AU - Arvin, Mina
AU - Atsma, Femke
AU - Bernal-Delgado, Enrique
AU - Bowden, Nicholas
AU - Blankart, Carl Rudolf
AU - Deeny, Sarah
AU - Estupiñán-Romero, Francisco
AU - Gauld, Robin
AU - Haywood, Philip
AU - Janlov, Nils
AU - Knight, Hannah
AU - Lorenzoni, Luca
AU - Marino, Alberto
AU - Or, Zeynep
AU - Penneau, Anne
AU - Schoenfeld, Andrew J.
AU - Shatrov, Kosta
AU - Stafford, Mai
AU - van de Galien, Onno
AU - van Gool, Kees
AU - Wodchis, Walter
AU - Jha, Ashish K.
AU - Figueroa, Jose F.
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PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Objective: This study explores variations in outcomes of care for two types of patient personas—an older frail person recovering from a hip fracture and a multimorbid older patient with congestive heart failure (CHF) and diabetes.Data Sources: We used individual-level patient data from 11 health systems.Study Design: We compared inpatient mortality, mortality, and readmission rates at 30, 90, and 365 days. For the hip fracture persona, we also calculated time to surgery. Outcomes were standardized by age and sex.Data Collection/Extraction Methods: Data was compiled by the International Collaborative on Costs, Outcomes and Needs in Care across 11 countries for the years 2016–2017 (or nearest): Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.Principal Findings: The hip sample across ranged from 1859 patients in Aragon, Spain, to 42,849 in France. Mean age ranged from 81.2 in Switzerland to 84.7 in Australia, and the majority of hip patients across countries were female. The congestive heart failure (CHF) sample ranged from 742 patients in England to 21,803 in the United States. Mean age ranged from 77.2 in the United States to 80.3 in Sweden, and the majority of CHF patients were males. Average in-hospital mortality across countries was 4.1%. for the hip persona and 6.3% for the CHF persona. At the year mark, the mean mortality across all countries was 25.3% for the hip persona and 32.7% for CHF persona. Across both patient types, England reported the highest mortality at 1 year followed by the United States. Readmission rates for all periods were higher for the CHF persona than the hip persona. At 30 days, the average readmission rate for the hip persona was 13.8% and 27.6% for the CHF persona.Conclusion: Across 11 countries, there are meaningful differences in health system outcomes for two types of patients.
AB - Objective: This study explores variations in outcomes of care for two types of patient personas—an older frail person recovering from a hip fracture and a multimorbid older patient with congestive heart failure (CHF) and diabetes.Data Sources: We used individual-level patient data from 11 health systems.Study Design: We compared inpatient mortality, mortality, and readmission rates at 30, 90, and 365 days. For the hip fracture persona, we also calculated time to surgery. Outcomes were standardized by age and sex.Data Collection/Extraction Methods: Data was compiled by the International Collaborative on Costs, Outcomes and Needs in Care across 11 countries for the years 2016–2017 (or nearest): Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.Principal Findings: The hip sample across ranged from 1859 patients in Aragon, Spain, to 42,849 in France. Mean age ranged from 81.2 in Switzerland to 84.7 in Australia, and the majority of hip patients across countries were female. The congestive heart failure (CHF) sample ranged from 742 patients in England to 21,803 in the United States. Mean age ranged from 77.2 in the United States to 80.3 in Sweden, and the majority of CHF patients were males. Average in-hospital mortality across countries was 4.1%. for the hip persona and 6.3% for the CHF persona. At the year mark, the mean mortality across all countries was 25.3% for the hip persona and 32.7% for CHF persona. Across both patient types, England reported the highest mortality at 1 year followed by the United States. Readmission rates for all periods were higher for the CHF persona than the hip persona. At 30 days, the average readmission rate for the hip persona was 13.8% and 27.6% for the CHF persona.Conclusion: Across 11 countries, there are meaningful differences in health system outcomes for two types of patients.
KW - health systems
KW - mortality
KW - readmissions
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U2 - 10.1111/1475-6773.13735
DO - 10.1111/1475-6773.13735
M3 - Article
C2 - 34378796
AN - SCOPUS:85112041136
SN - 0017-9124
VL - 56
SP - 1347
EP - 1357
JO - Health Services Research
JF - Health Services Research
IS - S3
ER -