Prevalence and Cost of Care Cascades Following Low-Value Preoperative Electrocardiogram and Chest Radiograph Within the Veterans Health Administration
Background Low-value care cascades, defined as the receipt of downstream health services potentially related to a low-value service, can result in harm to patients and wasteful healthcare spending, yet have not been characterized within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Objective To examine...
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| description | Background
Low-value care cascades, defined as the receipt of downstream health services potentially related to a low-value service, can result in harm to patients and wasteful healthcare spending, yet have not been characterized within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
Objective
To examine if the receipt of low-value preoperative testing is associated with greater utilization and costs of potentially related downstream health services in Veterans undergoing low or intermediate-risk surgery.
Design
Retrospective cohort study using VHA administrative data from fiscal years 2017–2018 comparing Veterans who underwent low-value preoperative electrocardiogram (EKG) or chest radiograph (CXR) with those who did not.
Participants
National cohort of Veterans at low risk of cardiopulmonary disease undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgery.
Main Measures
Difference in rate of receipt and attributed cost of potential cascade services in Veterans who underwent low-value preoperative testing compared to those who did not
Key Results
Among 635,824 Veterans undergoing low-risk procedures, 7.8% underwent preoperative EKG. Veterans who underwent a preoperative EKG experienced an additional 52.4 (95% CI 47.7–57.2) cascade services per 100 Veterans, resulting in $138.28 (95% CI 126.19–150.37) per Veteran in excess costs. Among 739,005 Veterans undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgery, 3.9% underwent preoperative CXR. These Veterans experienced an additional 61.9 (95% CI 57.8–66.1) cascade services per 100 Veterans, resulting in $152.08 (95% CI $146.66–157.51) per Veteran in excess costs. For both cohorts, care cascades consisted largely of repeat tests, follow-up imaging, and follow-up visits, with low rates invasive services.
Conclusions
Among a national cohort of Veterans undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgeries, low-value care cascades following two routine low-value preoperative tests are common, resulting in greater unnecessary care and costs beyond the initial low-value service. These findings may guide de-implementation policies within VHA and other integrated healthcare systems that target those services whose downstream effects are most prevalent and costly. |
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Low-value care cascades, defined as the receipt of downstream health services potentially related to a low-value service, can result in harm to patients and wasteful healthcare spending, yet have not been characterized within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
Objective
To examine if the receipt of low-value preoperative testing is associated with greater utilization and costs of potentially related downstream health services in Veterans undergoing low or intermediate-risk surgery.
Design
Retrospective cohort study using VHA administrative data from fiscal years 2017–2018 comparing Veterans who underwent low-value preoperative electrocardiogram (EKG) or chest radiograph (CXR) with those who did not.
Participants
National cohort of Veterans at low risk of cardiopulmonary disease undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgery.
Main Measures
Difference in rate of receipt and attributed cost of potential cascade services in Veterans who underwent low-value preoperative testing compared to those who did not
Key Results
Among 635,824 Veterans undergoing low-risk procedures, 7.8% underwent preoperative EKG. Veterans who underwent a preoperative EKG experienced an additional 52.4 (95% CI 47.7–57.2) cascade services per 100 Veterans, resulting in $138.28 (95% CI 126.19–150.37) per Veteran in excess costs. Among 739,005 Veterans undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgery, 3.9% underwent preoperative CXR. These Veterans experienced an additional 61.9 (95% CI 57.8–66.1) cascade services per 100 Veterans, resulting in $152.08 (95% CI $146.66–157.51) per Veteran in excess costs. For both cohorts, care cascades consisted largely of repeat tests, follow-up imaging, and follow-up visits, with low rates invasive services.
Conclusions
Among a national cohort of Veterans undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgeries, low-value care cascades following two routine low-value preoperative tests are common, resulting in greater unnecessary care and costs beyond the initial low-value service. These findings may guide de-implementation policies within VHA and other integrated healthcare systems that target those services whose downstream effects are most prevalent and costly.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0884-8734</identifier><identifier>ISSN: 1525-1497</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1525-1497</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07561-x</identifier><identifier>PMID: 35445352</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Cham: Springer International Publishing</publisher><subject>Chest ; Costs ; EKG ; Electrocardiography ; Health care ; Health risks ; Health services ; Humans ; Internal Medicine ; Medicine ; Medicine & Public Health ; Original Research ; Prevalence ; Radiographs ; Radiography ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk ; Surgery ; United States ; United States Department of Veterans Affairs ; Veterans ; Veterans Health</subject><ispartof>Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM, 2023-02, Vol.38 (2), p.285-293</ispartof><rights>The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine 2022</rights><rights>2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine.</rights><rights>The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine 2022.</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c474t-c12980339d367e994f74cb6d9f85ca480ab05d86eba67be07d3f69449049bc983</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c474t-c12980339d367e994f74cb6d9f85ca480ab05d86eba67be07d3f69449049bc983</cites><orcidid>0000-0001-6277-6224</orcidid></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905526/pdf/$$EPDF$$P50$$Gpubmedcentral$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905526/$$EHTML$$P50$$Gpubmedcentral$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>230,314,723,776,780,881,27901,27902,41464,42533,51294,53766,53768</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35445352$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Pickering, Aimee N.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Zhao, Xinhua</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Sileanu, Florentina E.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Lovelace, Elijah Z.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Rose, Liam</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Schwartz, Aaron L.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Oakes, Allison H.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Hale, Jennifer A</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Schleiden, Loren J.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Gellad, Walid F.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Fine, Michael J.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Thorpe, Carolyn T.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Radomski, Thomas R.</creatorcontrib><title>Prevalence and Cost of Care Cascades Following Low-Value Preoperative Electrocardiogram and Chest Radiograph Within the Veterans Health Administration</title><title>Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM</title><addtitle>J GEN INTERN MED</addtitle><addtitle>J Gen Intern Med</addtitle><description>Background
Low-value care cascades, defined as the receipt of downstream health services potentially related to a low-value service, can result in harm to patients and wasteful healthcare spending, yet have not been characterized within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
Objective
To examine if the receipt of low-value preoperative testing is associated with greater utilization and costs of potentially related downstream health services in Veterans undergoing low or intermediate-risk surgery.
Design
Retrospective cohort study using VHA administrative data from fiscal years 2017–2018 comparing Veterans who underwent low-value preoperative electrocardiogram (EKG) or chest radiograph (CXR) with those who did not.
Participants
National cohort of Veterans at low risk of cardiopulmonary disease undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgery.
Main Measures
Difference in rate of receipt and attributed cost of potential cascade services in Veterans who underwent low-value preoperative testing compared to those who did not
Key Results
Among 635,824 Veterans undergoing low-risk procedures, 7.8% underwent preoperative EKG. Veterans who underwent a preoperative EKG experienced an additional 52.4 (95% CI 47.7–57.2) cascade services per 100 Veterans, resulting in $138.28 (95% CI 126.19–150.37) per Veteran in excess costs. Among 739,005 Veterans undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgery, 3.9% underwent preoperative CXR. These Veterans experienced an additional 61.9 (95% CI 57.8–66.1) cascade services per 100 Veterans, resulting in $152.08 (95% CI $146.66–157.51) per Veteran in excess costs. For both cohorts, care cascades consisted largely of repeat tests, follow-up imaging, and follow-up visits, with low rates invasive services.
Conclusions
Among a national cohort of Veterans undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgeries, low-value care cascades following two routine low-value preoperative tests are common, resulting in greater unnecessary care and costs beyond the initial low-value service. 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Low-value care cascades, defined as the receipt of downstream health services potentially related to a low-value service, can result in harm to patients and wasteful healthcare spending, yet have not been characterized within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
Objective
To examine if the receipt of low-value preoperative testing is associated with greater utilization and costs of potentially related downstream health services in Veterans undergoing low or intermediate-risk surgery.
Design
Retrospective cohort study using VHA administrative data from fiscal years 2017–2018 comparing Veterans who underwent low-value preoperative electrocardiogram (EKG) or chest radiograph (CXR) with those who did not.
Participants
National cohort of Veterans at low risk of cardiopulmonary disease undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgery.
Main Measures
Difference in rate of receipt and attributed cost of potential cascade services in Veterans who underwent low-value preoperative testing compared to those who did not
Key Results
Among 635,824 Veterans undergoing low-risk procedures, 7.8% underwent preoperative EKG. Veterans who underwent a preoperative EKG experienced an additional 52.4 (95% CI 47.7–57.2) cascade services per 100 Veterans, resulting in $138.28 (95% CI 126.19–150.37) per Veteran in excess costs. Among 739,005 Veterans undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgery, 3.9% underwent preoperative CXR. These Veterans experienced an additional 61.9 (95% CI 57.8–66.1) cascade services per 100 Veterans, resulting in $152.08 (95% CI $146.66–157.51) per Veteran in excess costs. For both cohorts, care cascades consisted largely of repeat tests, follow-up imaging, and follow-up visits, with low rates invasive services.
Conclusions
Among a national cohort of Veterans undergoing low- or intermediate-risk surgeries, low-value care cascades following two routine low-value preoperative tests are common, resulting in greater unnecessary care and costs beyond the initial low-value service. These findings may guide de-implementation policies within VHA and other integrated healthcare systems that target those services whose downstream effects are most prevalent and costly.</abstract><cop>Cham</cop><pub>Springer International Publishing</pub><pmid>35445352</pmid><doi>10.1007/s11606-022-07561-x</doi><tpages>9</tpages><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6277-6224</orcidid><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
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