背景:腕管松解术(CTR)后使用疗法很常见,触发手指释放,神经节囊肿切除术,DeQuervain腱鞘炎释放,腕掌关节成形术,桡骨远端骨折,切开复位内固定或经皮钉扎(DRF)。提高覆盖率的政策会影响医疗保健服务的成本和使用。
目的:本研究旨在通过种族和程序来评估在废除长期的年度Medicare门诊治疗上限后,术后手治疗的费用和使用的变化。
方法:回顾性队列研究。
方法:这是一项纵向回顾性队列研究,使用准实验中断时间序列设计,包括2016年1月1日至2019年12月31日接受普通手部手术的患者.
结果:本研究纳入203,672例患者,平均年龄71.4岁。White(1.00,95%置信区间[CI]:0.999-1.007,p=0.45)和非White(1.00,95%CI:1.00-1.01,p=0.06)患者在政策实施前每月都没有经历治疗使用的变化。CTR后治疗频率增加(比值比[OR]1.12,95%CI:1.11-1.14,p<0.001),触发手指释放(OR1.09,95%CI:1.07-1.10,p<0.001),和DRF(OR1.05,95%CI:1.03-1.06,p<0.001)。
结论:这项研究发现,在某些亚组中,覆盖率提高与术后治疗使用增加相关,包括CTR和DRF,建议需要通过事先授权或捆绑支付等方式优化覆盖范围,而不仅仅是增加保险福利。
BACKGROUND: Therapy use is common following carpal tunnel release (CTR), trigger finger release, ganglion cyst excision, De Quervain tenosynovitis release, carpometacarpal arthroplasty, and distal radius fracture, open reduction internal fixation or percutaneous pinning (DRF). Policy that improves coverage influences the cost and use of health care services.
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate changes to the cost and use of postoperative
hand therapy by race and procedure following the repeal of a longstanding annual Medicare outpatient therapy cap.
METHODS: Retrospective cohort study.
METHODS: This is a longitudinal retrospective cohort study using a quasi-experimental interrupted time series design, including patients who underwent common
hand surgeries from January 1, 2016-December 31, 2019.
RESULTS: This study included 203,672 patients with a mean age of 71.4 years. Neither White (1.00, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.999-1.007, p = 0.45) nor non-White (1.00, 95% CI: 1.00-1.01, p = 0.06) patients experienced monthly changes in therapy use before policy implementation. Therapy frequency increased following CTR (odds ratio [OR] 1.12, 95% CI: 1.11-1.14, p < 0.001), trigger finger release (OR 1.09, 95% CI: 1.07-1.10, p < 0.001), and DRF (OR 1.05, 95% CI: 1.03-1.06, p < 0.001) following implementation.
CONCLUSIONS: This study found that improved coverage was associated with increased postoperative therapy use among some subsets, including CTR and DRF, suggesting the need to optimize coverage by means such as prior authorization or bundled payments, rather than only increasing coverage benefits.