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佩迪亚卓越中心tric Quality Measurement(CEPQM) at Boston Children's Hospital developed the two pediatric readmission measures. The measures underwent a rigorous development process, including the following steps:

文学评论和专家访谈

We conducted a thorough review of the literature and guidelines pertaining to both pediatric and adult readmissions, and reviewed current hospital, state, and delivery system initiatives focused on readmissions. In addition, we interviewed readmission experts across the country. These interviews helped to identify key challenges in developing pediatric readmission metrics as well as strategies for responding to these challenges.

利益相关者的输入

我们收集足够的反馈供应商,付款人nd consumer stakeholders vested in child health care quality on the development of the readmissions measures. In particular, we convened a National Stakeholder Panel (NSP) to advise on the validity, feasibility, and usefulness of pediatric readmissions measures to support public reporting and quality improvement.

Epidemiological Analysis

我们的文献综述和专家访谈表明,小儿再入院的时间,流行率和速度在很大程度上是未知的。因此,我们使用69家儿童医院的回顾性数据对再入院进行了流行病学分析(Berry等人JAMA 2013; 309(4):372-80)。我们评估了300多种不同入院诊断的再入院,以及所有医院诊断的总诊断(称为全条件再入院)。我们检查了再入院的时间;跨医院的再入院变化;以及与最高再入院率,患病率和成本相关的入学诊断。

Evaluation of Candidate Measures

Additional Medicaid and all-payer data sets from multiple data sets were used to identify and test candidate readmission measures based on a variety of criteria, including clinical relevance, prevalence, cost, presence of disparities, extent of hospital performance variation, and degree of potential preventability.

Measure Development

应用了上述工作中获得的知识,我们制定了两项专门适合儿科患者的再入院质量指标:1)小儿全条件再入院措施,该措施在几乎所有儿科医疗和外科健康状况下进行指数入院后评估了再入院;2)小儿下呼吸道感染的再入院措施,该措施在索引入院后,评估了细支气管炎,流感或社区获得性肺炎的再入院。我们选择将措施集中在下呼吸道感染的基础上,基于其相对较高的入院率及其再入院率的差异。我们使用包括各种类型的医院(即儿童医院和普通社区医院)的多种管理数据集制定并测试了这些措施,这些医院都可以公开和私人保险的患者。

排除计划的程序入学

许多计划程序的入院,例如在住院治疗后两周接受计划的扁桃体切除术的入学,是患者预期的护理方案的一部分,并且在初次住院期间不太可能是由于次优护理所致。因此,我们将此类录取排除在再入院中。我们要求临床专家在他们的专业程序中确定通常计划的专家,定义为预期的预期医疗需求超过80%的时间。我们将计划的程序定义为通常计划的程序被编码为主要程序。

案例混合调整

为了在机构和州之间进行适当的绩效比较,我们为每种候选措施制定了重新录取案例 - 混合调整程序,以说明可能影响再入院风险的个人特征的差异,包括年龄,合并症状况以及疾病的严重性。

Measure Testing

为了确保重新措施对最终用户有用且有意义,我们与纽约质量和患者安全办公室合作测试了我们对其医疗补助和全患者住院索赔数据库的措施的实施,并获得了有关该措施的反馈规格可以改进。纽约关于其测试经验的反馈表明,该措施是直接且易于实施的。

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