Changing National Medicare Utilization of Catheter, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Extremity Angiography: A Specialty-focused 16-Year Analysis.

Autor: Guichet PL; Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY. Electronic address: phillipguichet@gmail.com., Duszak R Jr; Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA., Chaves Cerdas L; Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, Reston, VA., Hughes DR; Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, Reston, VA; School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA., Hindman N; Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY., Rosenkrantz AB; Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current problems in diagnostic radiology [Curr Probl Diagn Radiol] 2021 May-Jun; Vol. 50 (3), pp. 308-314. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jan 10.
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.01.005
Abstrakt: To assess changing utilization of extremity angiography from 2001 to 2016, focusing on modalities and provider specialties. Medicare PSPS Master Files from 2001-2016 and POSPUF from 2016 were used to determine overall and specialty utilization of diagnostic catheter angiography (DCA), CT angiography (CTA), and MR angiography (MRA). From 2001 to 2016, extremity angiography increased from 1107 to 1590 extremities imaged per 100,000 beneficiaries, with rapid expansion of CTA (22 in 2001 to 619 in 2009; plateau of 645 in 2016), but declines in DCA (1039 to 914) and MRA (45 to 30). Over time, extremity angiography shifted from 94% DCA, 4% MRA, and 2% CTA to 58% DCA, 41% CTA, and 2% MRA. For radiologists, extremity angiography increased slightly (741 to 767) with increases in CTA (20 to 595) and large decreases in DCA (681 to 145), with MRA remaining low (40 to 27). Extremity angiography increased for cardiologists (197 to 349) and vascular surgeons (87 to 351), both overwhelmingly performing DCA. Radiologists' share of all extremity angiography shifted from 67% to 48%, with interventionalists (47%), generalists (43%), and abdominal radiologists (7.4%) providing most radiologist services in 2016. Throughout, radiologists were the dominant providers of CTA (89% to 92%) and MRA (89% to 90%). Extremity angiography utilization in Medicare beneficiaries increased nearly 50% from 2001 to 2016, largely related to CTA performed by radiologists. Of radiologists, interventionalists and generalists together render most services. Cardiologists and surgeons assumed a large share of DCA previously performed by radiologists.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest The author declares no conflict of interest.
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