ArticleJournal of vascular surgery2017
A pilot study for long-term outcome assessment after aortic aneurysm repair using Vascular Quality Initiative data matched to Medicare claims.
Article in Journal of vascular surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03115346 (Alignment of Treatment Preferences and Repair Type for Veterans With AAA), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers.
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Alignment of Treatment Preferences and Repair Type for Veterans With AAA
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28 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Data resources for evaluating the economic and financial consequences of surgical care in the United States.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2022Review
- Validation of an indirect linkage algorithm to combine registry data with Medicare claims.Journal of vascular surgery · 2022Article
- Long-term Outcomes Associated With Open vs Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Medicare-Matched Database.JAMA network open · 2022Article
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- Longitudinal Spending on Endovascular and Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2020Article
- Five-year reintervention after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the Vascular Quality Initiative.Journal of vascular surgery · 2020Article
- Association of Sex With Repair Type and Long-term Mortality in Adults With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.JAMA network open · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveAccurate and complete long-term postoperative outcome data are critical to improving value in health care delivery. The Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) is an important tool to achieve this goal in vascular surgery. To improve on the capture of long-term outcomes after vascular surgery procedures for patients in the VQI, we sought to match VQI data to Medicare claims for comprehensive capture of major clinical outcomes in the first several years after vascular procedures.
methodsPatient and procedure characteristics for abdominal aortic aneurysm procedures captured in the Society for Vascular Surgery VQI between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2013, were matched to Medicare claims data using an indirect identifier methodology. Late outcomes captured in the VQI and in Medicare claims were compared.
resultsMatching procedures yielded 9895 endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) patients (82.4% of eligible VQI patients) and 3405 open aneurysm repair (OAR) patients (74.4% of eligible). Comparison of patients who did and did not match to a Medicare claim demonstrated similar patient and procedure characteristics. Evaluation of late outcomes revealed good patient-level agreement on mortality for both EVAR (κ, 0.64) and OAR (κ, 0.82). Postoperative reintervention rates demonstrated lower agreement for both EVAR (κ, 0.26) and OAR (κ, 0.16).
conclusionsThis work demonstrates the feasibility of an algorithm using indirect identifiers to match VQI patients and procedures to Medicare claims data. The refinement of this strategy will focus on establishing and improving algorithms related to identifying and categorizing late events after EVAR and may serve as a mechanism to ensure that the best quality follow-up information is achieved within the VQI.
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