A multidisciplinary, community-based program to reduce unplanned hospital admissions

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Wan, Ching Shan, Mitchell, Jade and Maier, Andrea B.. (2021). A multidisciplinary, community-based program to reduce unplanned hospital admissions. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA). 22(6), pp. 1331.e1-1331.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.09.034
AuthorsWan, Ching Shan, Mitchell, Jade and Maier, Andrea B.
Abstract

Objectives
To evaluate the effect of Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP) on unplanned hospitalization, bed days, and mortality of enrolled individuals and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of HARP.

Design
A retrospective longitudinal analysis of hospital administrative data.

Intervention
Individuals at risk of hospitalization were provided with multidisciplinary, community-based care support managed by care coordinators including integrated care planning, education, monitoring, service linkages, and general practitioner liaison over 6-9 months.

Setting and Participants
Individuals who were enrolled into 1 of 8 HARP chronic disease management programs between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia.

Methods
Hospital admissions between 18 months before and 18 months after HARP enrollment were analyzed. Total hospital costs were compared between 18 months before and 12 months after HARP enrollment.

Results
A total of 1553 individuals with a median age of 71 years (interquartile range 60-81), 63.4% males, were admitted to HARP. Both unplanned hospitalizations and bed days were reduced during the HARP intervention compared to within 3 months before enrollment in each of the HARP management programs. After the HARP intervention, cardiac coach, cardiac heart failure, chronic respiratory, diabetes comanagement, and medication management programs had higher hospitalizations and bed days than individuals’ baseline of at least 3 months before HARP enrollment. Individuals in cardiac heart failure and chronic respiratory management programs had a higher mortality rate than other HARP chronic disease management programs. Individuals in cardiac coach, diabetes comanagement, and medication management programs had lower hospital costs during the HARP intervention compared to within 3 months before HARP enrollment.

Conclusions and Implications
HARP reduced unplanned hospitalization and bed days but did not return individuals’ hospital use to baseline before the intervention. The variations in mortality between HARP chronic disease management programs implies that condition-specific goals between programs is preferable.

Keywordsoutcome and process assessment; health care; chronic disease; aged; patient readmission; mortality; hospital costs
Year2021
JournalJournal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA)
Journal citation22 (6), pp. 1331.e1-1331.e9
PublisherElsevier Inc.
ISSN1525-8610
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.09.034
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85096374328
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