ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2025
Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Pathway in the Emergency Department Reduces Median 30-Day Health Service Charges.
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- Streamlining Care: Effective Approaches to Decreasing Observation Status Length of Stay in Community Medical Centers.Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare QualityArticle
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backgroundThe economic burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) continues to increase. AF treatment pathways have been shown to reduce avoidable admissions, but the effects on health care costs are not understood. This study sought to assess the impact of an AF treatment pathway on health service charges and emergency department (ED) discharge rates.
methodsAn AF treatment pathway was implemented at 7 hospital EDs in North Carolina between 2017 and 2020. Thirty-day health service charges were calculated for ED visits, hospitalizations, and outpatient clinic appointments. A quasi-experimental design was used to assess changes in health service charges and ED discharge rates following implementation of the AF treatment pathway. Adjusted quantile and negative binomial regressions were used to analyze changes in median 30-day health service charges and discharge rates from the ED, respectively.
resultsAmong 12 504 patients that met eligibility for study inclusion (preperiod: n=3893; postperiod: n=8611), implementation of the AF treatment pathway significantly reduced 30-day health service charges (preperiod: $11 922; postperiod: $9219;
conclusionsThe implementation of an AF treatment pathway in the ED was associated with a decrease in median 30-day health service charges and an increase in ED discharge rate for patients presenting with AF.
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