Care Coordination Program for Children With Complex Chronic Conditions Discharged From a Rural Tertiary-Care Academic Medical Center.

Autor:	Parker CL; Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina; and clparker@vidanthealth.com., Wall B; Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina; and., Tumin D; Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina., Stanley R; Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina; and., Warren L; Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina; and., Deal K; Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina; and., Stroud T; Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina; and., Crickmore K; Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina; and., Ledoux M; Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Hospital pediatrics [Hosp Pediatr] 2020 Aug; Vol. 10 (8), pp. 687-693. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 08.
DOI:	10.1542/hpeds.2019-0323
Abstrakt:	Objectives: Hospital discharge offers an opportunity to initiate coordination of follow-up care, preventing readmissions or emergency department (ED) recidivism. We evaluated how revisits and costs of care varied in a 12-month period between children in a care coordination program at our center (enrolled after hospital discharge with a tracheostomy or on a ventilator) and children with complex chronic condition discharges who were not enrolled. Methods: Children ages 1 to 17 years were retrospectively included if they had a hospital discharge in 2017 with an International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision code meeting complex chronic condition criteria or if they were in active follow-up with the care coordination program. Revisits and total costs of care were compared over 2018 for included patients. Results: Seventy patients in the program were compared with 56 patients in the control group. On bivariate analysis, the median combined number of hospitalizations and ED visits in 2018 was lower among program participants (0 vs 1; P = .033), and program participation was associated with lower median total costs of care in 2018 ($700 vs $3200; P = .024). On multivariable analysis, care coordination program participation was associated with 59% fewer hospitalizations in 2018 (incidence rate ratio: 0.41; 95% confidence interval: 0.23 to 0.75; P = .004) but was not significantly associated with reduced ED visits or costs. Conclusions: The care coordination program is a robust service spanning the continuum of patient care. We found program participation to be associated with reduced rehospitalization, which is an important driver of costs for children with medical complexity. Competing Interests: POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose. (Copyright © 2020 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.)
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