Adverse Events and Hospital-Acquired Conditions Associated With Potential Low-Value Care in Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There has been insufficient research on the patient harms and costs associated with potential low-value procedures in the US Medicare population.

Objective

To report the prevalence of adverse events associated with potential low-value procedures and the additional hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs.

Design setting and participants

This is a retrospective cohort study using Medicare fee-for-service claims between January 2016 to December 2018. Participants were aged 65 years or older. Procedures were selected if they had previously published indicators of low-value care, including knee arthroscopy, spinal fusion, vertebroplasty, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), carotid endarterectomy, renal stenting, and hysterectomy for benign conditions. Anal

SUBMITTER: Chalmers K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796970 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature