141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Reliability of self reported rehospitalization

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Amol Karmarkar, PhD , Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
James Graham, PhD , Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, Galveston, TX
Soham Al Snih, MD/PhD , Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, UTMB, Galveston, TX
Alai Tan, PhD, MD , Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD , Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, Galveston, TX
Amit Kumar, MS PT , Division Rehabilitation Science, Preventive Medicine & Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Galveston, TX
Hospital rehospitalization is considered a clinical marker for quality of care. Self-reported information on rehospitalization after stroke is important in follow-up up studies with advent of Hospital Rehospitalization Reduction Program under the Affordable Care Act. In person functional assessment and follow-up on rehospitalization is expensive and requires a home visit. The aim of this study was to find the agreement between self-reported rehospitalization and actual hospital rehospitalization in stroke population after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. Patients aged ≥65 years on Medicare fee-for-service plan, history of prior admission to acute care facilities before inpatient rehabilitation were included in the study. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Patient Assessment Instrument data was linked to their MEDPAR files and with Medtel follow-up data to determine the agreement between self-reported rehospitalizations and actual rehospitalization. Follow-up information after 90 days of discharge from inpatient rehabilitation was collected by trained clinician on telephone. The total sample was 4607. Out of which 75% were reported true rehospitalization within 90 days of discharge and 25% were not reported rehospitalization. Again within rehospitalization cohort 96% were showing agreement between self-reported and actual rehospitalizations, while in non-hospitalized cohort only 55% were showing agreement. The overall Kappa for self reported rehospitalization and actual rehospitalization was 0.58 with 95% CI (0.54 - 0.60). Result shows well enough agreement between self-reported rehospitalization and actual rehospitalization despite of under-reporting by patients on telephone. Tracking transition of care and rehospitalization after 90 days of discharge to the community may provide crucial information to improve healthcare outcomes following stroke.

Learning Areas:
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Epidemiology
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Analyze the agreement between self-reported and actual rehospitalizations using administrative data, and the factors associated with agreement.

Keywords: Medicare, Strokes

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Amit Kumar, is a PhD/MPH student in the Department of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, where he is involved in the health service research using large administrative and population based data.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.