Evaluation of a Physician Peer-Benchmarking Intervention for Practice Variability and Costs for Endovenous Thermal Ablation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The frequency of use of endovenous thermal ablation (EVTA) to treat chronic venous insufficiency has increased rapidly in the US. Wide variability in EVTA use among physicians has been documented, and standard EVTA rates were defined in the 2017 Medicare database.

Objective

To assess whether providing individualized physician performance reports is associated with reduced variability in EVTA use and cost savings.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective quality improvement study used data from all US Medicare patients aged 18 years or older who underwent at least 1 EVTA between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017, and between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019. All US physicians who performed at least 11 EVTAs yearly for Medicare patients i

SUBMITTER: Stonko DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672233 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature