The impact of a community-based heart failure multidisciplinary team clinic on healthcare utilization and costs.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Multidisciplinary team (MDT) management in heart failure (HF) is recommended to reduce mortality and HF hospitalization. We investigated whether an MDT in a community-based HF unit (HFU) impacted patients' healthcare utilization (HCU) and costs.

Methods and results

A retrospective cohort study was conducted among HF patients who visited at least once in a regional community-based HFU, established for ambulatory specialist care for New York Heart Association Functional Classes III and IV, between January 2012 and August 2019. HCU data were obtained from the health maintenance organization's claims data for 12 months before and after first HFU visit. Multivariable generalized estimating equation models were specified for the annual average change in total healthcare utili

SUBMITTER: Weinstein JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8787975 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature