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ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2017

Adding Social Determinant Data Changes Children's Hospitals' Readmissions Performance.

Marion R Sills, Matthew Hall, Gretchen J Cutler, Jeffrey D Colvin, Laura M Gottlieb, Michelle L Macy, Jessica L Bettenhausen, Rustin B Morse, Evan S Fieldston, Jean L Raphael and 2 more

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Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Social needs and healthcare utilization in NICU graduates.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024
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  5. A state-level analysis of macro-level factors associated with hospital readmissions.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024
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12 authors.

Marion R SillsDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. Electronic address: Marion.Sills@childrenscolorado.org.
Matthew HallChildren's Hospital Association, Lenexa, KS.
Gretchen J CutlerDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Jeffrey D ColvinDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO.
Laura M GottliebDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Michelle L MacyDepartments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Jessica L BettenhausenDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO.
Rustin B MorseChildren's Health System of Texas, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX.
Evan S FieldstonDepartment of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Jean L RaphaelDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Katherine A AugerDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
Samir S ShahDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

Funding

Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteUL1TR001082 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2013 to 2017
$48.0M
University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)UL1TR000114 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 2012 to 2015
$35.0M
Evaluation of the Colorado Asthma Toolkit Program in Primary Care using SAFTINEtR21HL123589 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SILLS, MARION RUTH · 2014 to 2015
$231k
AHRQ HHS R01 HS023538NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000114NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001082NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL123589
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo determine whether social determinants of health (SDH) risk adjustment changes hospital-level performance on the 30-day Pediatric All-Condition Readmission (PACR) measure and improves fit and accuracy of discharge-level models. STUDY

designWe performed a retrospective cohort study of all hospital discharges meeting criteria for the PACR from 47 hospitals in the Pediatric Health Information database from January to December 2014. We built four nested regression models by sequentially adding risk adjustment factors as follows: chronic condition indicators (CCIs); PACR patient factors (age and sex); electronic health record-derived SDH (race, ethnicity, payer), and zip code-linked SDH (families below poverty level, vacant housing units, adults without a high school diploma, single-parent households, median household income, unemployment rate). For each model, we measured the change in hospitals' readmission decile-rank and assessed model fit and accuracy.

resultsFor the 458 686 discharges meeting PACR inclusion criteria, in multivariable models, factors associated with higher discharge-level PACR measure included age <1 year, female sex, 1 of 17 CCIs, higher CCI count, Medicaid insurance, higher median household income, and higher percentage of single-parent households. Adjustment for SDH made small but significant improvements in fit and accuracy of discharge-level PACR models, with larger effect at the hospital level, changing decile-rank for 17 of 47 hospitals.

conclusionsWe found that risk adjustment for SDH changed hospitals' readmissions rate rank order. Hospital-level changes in relative readmissions performance can have considerable financial implications; thus, for pay for performance measures calculated at the hospital level, and for research associated therewith, our findings support the inclusion of SDH variables in risk adjustment.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHospitals, PediatricHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalePatient DischargePatient ReadmissionReimbursement, IncentiveRetrospective StudiesRisk AdjustmentSocioeconomic FactorsUnited Stateshealthcare quality measurementpay for performanceperformance measurepredictive modelpublic reportingrisk adjustment

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PMID28476461
PMCPMC12747575

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