University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Home Transitions Multidisciplinary Care Coordination Reduces Readmissions for Older Adults. 2019

Johanna E Bellon, and Andrew Bilderback, and Namita S Ahuja-Yende, and Cindy Wilson, and Stefanie C Altieri Dunn, and Deborah Brodine, and Michael L Boninger
Wolff Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

To compare rates of 30- and 90-day hospital readmissions and observation or emergency department (ED) returns of older adults using the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Plan Home Transitions (HT) with those of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) controls without HT. Retrospective cohort study. Analysis of home health and hospital records from 8 UPMC hospitals in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from July 1, 2015, to April 30, 2017. HT program participants (n=1,900) and controls (n=1,300). HT is a care transitions program aimed at preventing readmission that identifies older adults at risk of readmission using a robust inclusion algorithm; deploys a multidisciplinary care team, including a nurse practitioner (NP), a social worker (SW), or both; and provides a multimodal service including personalized care planning, education, treatment, monitoring, and communication facilitation. We used multivariable logistic regression to determine the effects of HT on the odds of hospital readmission and observation or ED return, controlling for index admission participant characteristics and home health process measures. The adjusted odds of 30-day readmission was 0.31 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.11-0.87, P = .03) and of 90-day readmission was 0.47 (95% CI=CI = 0.26-0.85, P = .01), for participants at medium risk of readmission in HT who received a team visit. The adjusted odds of 30-day readmission was 0.29 (95% CI = 0.10-0.83, P = .02) for participants at high risk of readmission in HT who received a team visit. The adjusted odds of 30-day observation or ED return was 1.90 (95% CI = 1.28-2.82, P = .001) for participants at medium risk of readmission in HT who received a team visit. The HT program may be associated with lower odds of 30- and 90-day hospital readmission and counterbalancing higher odds of observation or ED return. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:156-163, 2019.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010348 Patient Care Team Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient. Health Care Team,Interdisciplinary Health Team,Medical Care Team,Multidisciplinary Care Team,Multidisciplinary Health Team,Healthcare Team,Care Team, Health,Care Team, Medical,Care Team, Multidisciplinary,Care Team, Patient,Care Teams, Health,Care Teams, Patient,Health Care Teams,Health Team, Interdisciplinary,Health Team, Multidisciplinary,Healthcare Teams,Interdisciplinary Health Teams,Medical Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Health Teams,Patient Care Teams,Team, Health Care,Team, Healthcare,Team, Interdisciplinary Health,Team, Medical Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Health,Team, Patient Care,Teams, Interdisciplinary Health
D010359 Patient Readmission Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment. Hospital Readmission,Rehospitalization,Unplanned Hospital Readmissions,Unplanned Readmission,30 Day Readmission,Hospital Readmissions,Readmission, Hospital,Readmissions, Hospital,Thirty Day Readmission,30 Day Readmissions,Hospital Readmission, Unplanned,Hospital Readmissions, Unplanned,Readmission, Patient,Readmission, Thirty Day,Readmission, Unplanned,Rehospitalizations,Thirty Day Readmissions,Unplanned Hospital Readmission,Unplanned Readmissions
D010414 Pennsylvania State bounded on the north by New York and Lake Erie, on the east by Delaware and New Jersey, on the south by Delaware and Maryland, and on the west by Ohio and West Virginia.
D005260 Female Females
D006278 Medicare Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976) Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18,Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled,Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18,Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
D006299 Health Services for the Aged Services for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the AGED and the maintenance of health in the ELDERLY. Age-Friendly Health Care,Age-Friendly Health Services,Age-Friendly Health Systems,Geriatric Health Care,Geriatric Health Services,Geriatric Health Systems,Health Care for the Aged,Health Systems for the Aged,Health Services for Aged,Health Services for the Elderly,Health Services, Geriatric,Age Friendly Health Care,Age Friendly Health Services,Age Friendly Health Systems,Age-Friendly Health Cares,Age-Friendly Health Service,Age-Friendly Health System,Care, Age-Friendly Health,Care, Geriatric Health,Cares, Age-Friendly Health,Cares, Geriatric Health,Geriatric Health Cares,Geriatric Health Service,Geriatric Health System,Health Care, Age-Friendly,Health Care, Geriatric,Health Cares, Age-Friendly,Health Cares, Geriatric,Health Service, Age-Friendly,Health Service, Geriatric,Health Services, Age-Friendly,Health System, Age-Friendly,Health System, Geriatric,Health Systems, Age-Friendly,Health Systems, Geriatric,Service, Age-Friendly Health,Service, Geriatric Health,Services, Age-Friendly Health,Services, Geriatric Health,System, Age-Friendly Health,System, Geriatric Health,Systems, Age-Friendly Health,Systems, Geriatric Health
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000046 Academic Medical Centers Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc. Medical Centers, Academic,Medical Centers, University,University Medical Centers,Academic Medical Center,Center, Academic Medical,Center, University Medical,Centers, Academic Medical,Centers, University Medical,Medical Center, Academic,Medical Center, University,University Medical Center
D000069341 Transitional Care Health care provided during a transition to a different mode of care (e.g., TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE). Home Transition,Transition Care,Care, Transitional,Cares, Transitional,Home Transitions,Transition Cares,Transition, Home,Transitional Cares,Transitions, Home

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