TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutional variation in quality of cardiovascular implantable electronic device implantation
T2 - A Cohort Study
AU - Ranasinghe, Isuru
AU - Labrosciano, Clementine
AU - Horton, Dennis
AU - Ganesan, Anand
AU - Curtis, Jeptha P.
AU - Krumholz, Harlan M.
AU - McGavigan, Andrew
AU - Hossain, Sadia
AU - Air, Tracy
AU - Hariharaputhiran, Saranya
PY - 2019/9/3
Y1 - 2019/9/3
N2 - Background: Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are associated with procedure-related complications, yet little is known about variation in complication rates among institutions that may suggest disparities in care quality. Objective: To assess institutional variation in risk-standardized complication rates (RSCRs) for CIED. Design: Cohort study. Setting: 174 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, 98 of which implanted at least 25 CIEDs during the study period. Participants: 81 304 patients older than 18 years (mean, 74.7 years [SD, 12.4]; 37.9% female) who received a new CIED (65 711 permanent pacemakers [PPMs] and 15 593 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators [ICDs]) in 2010 to 2015. Measurements: RSCRs and frequencies of major device-related complications during hospitalization or within 90 days of discharge. Results: Of the cohort, 6664 patients (8.2%) had a major complication. Although complication rates were higher for ICDs than PPMs (10.04% vs. 7.76%), 76.5% of all complications were attributable to PPMs (5098 vs. 1566 for ICDs). Among hospitals that implanted at least 25 CIEDs, the median RSCR was 8.1%; however, rates varied from 5.3% to 14.3%, with 22 hospitals identified as having RSCRs that differed significantly from the national average. Similar variation was observed when RSCRs for PPM implantation (n = 96 hospitals) (median RSCR, 7.6% [range, 5.4% to 12.9%]) were considered separately from those for ICD placement (n = 68 hospitals) (median RSCR, 9.7% [range, 6.2% to 16.9%]) and persisted when only elective procedures were assessed (n = 88 hospitals) (median RSCR, 7.4% [range, 4.7% to 13.0%]). Limitation: Possible unmeasured confounding from the use of administrative data. Conclusion: CIED complications are common and vary among hospitals, suggesting institutional variation in CIED care quality. Concerted clinical and policy interventions are needed to address CIED-related complications. These efforts should preferentially target PPMs, because most CIED complications are attributable to these devices.
AB - Background: Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are associated with procedure-related complications, yet little is known about variation in complication rates among institutions that may suggest disparities in care quality. Objective: To assess institutional variation in risk-standardized complication rates (RSCRs) for CIED. Design: Cohort study. Setting: 174 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, 98 of which implanted at least 25 CIEDs during the study period. Participants: 81 304 patients older than 18 years (mean, 74.7 years [SD, 12.4]; 37.9% female) who received a new CIED (65 711 permanent pacemakers [PPMs] and 15 593 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators [ICDs]) in 2010 to 2015. Measurements: RSCRs and frequencies of major device-related complications during hospitalization or within 90 days of discharge. Results: Of the cohort, 6664 patients (8.2%) had a major complication. Although complication rates were higher for ICDs than PPMs (10.04% vs. 7.76%), 76.5% of all complications were attributable to PPMs (5098 vs. 1566 for ICDs). Among hospitals that implanted at least 25 CIEDs, the median RSCR was 8.1%; however, rates varied from 5.3% to 14.3%, with 22 hospitals identified as having RSCRs that differed significantly from the national average. Similar variation was observed when RSCRs for PPM implantation (n = 96 hospitals) (median RSCR, 7.6% [range, 5.4% to 12.9%]) were considered separately from those for ICD placement (n = 68 hospitals) (median RSCR, 9.7% [range, 6.2% to 16.9%]) and persisted when only elective procedures were assessed (n = 88 hospitals) (median RSCR, 7.4% [range, 4.7% to 13.0%]). Limitation: Possible unmeasured confounding from the use of administrative data. Conclusion: CIED complications are common and vary among hospitals, suggesting institutional variation in CIED care quality. Concerted clinical and policy interventions are needed to address CIED-related complications. These efforts should preferentially target PPMs, because most CIED complications are attributable to these devices.
KW - A Cohort Study
KW - Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device
KW - CIED complications
KW - Institutional Variation
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U2 - 10.7326/M18-2810
DO - 10.7326/M18-2810
M3 - Article
C2 - 31357210
AN - SCOPUS:85072091241
SN - 0003-4819
VL - 171
SP - 309
EP - 317
JO - Annals of Internal Medicine
JF - Annals of Internal Medicine
IS - 5
ER -