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ORAL 27 - Care (ID 123)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Oral Session
- Track: Advocacy
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:M.N. Mountain, J. Freeman-Daily
- Coordinates: 9/08/2015, 10:45 - 12:15, 708+710+712
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ORAL27.05 - "Care for Outcome" in Lung Cancer: A Santeon's Value Based Health Care Project (ID 165)
11:28 - 11:39 | Author(s): J. Herder
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Background:
In health care several indicators are developed for measuring the quality of care. Many of these indicators address the process and structure of health care, rather than the outcome of treatment and aspects which are valuable for patients. Porter (N Engl J Med 2010 363;26) described a method concentrating on achieving high value for patients by identifying and prioritizing outcome measurements. In the project “Care for Outcome” of Santeon (a cooperation of six leading, top clinical hospitals in the Netherlands) we identified outcome indicators in lung cancer which are relevant for the patient and focus on treatment outcome, like survival and quality of life.
Methods:
The project was performed in two large, non-university teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. Our objective was to develop outcome indicators which are relevant for both patients and physicians. We evaluated patients with all stages and types of lung cancer. Using a “Care delivery value chain” (CDVC) scheme as developed by Porter, we identified determinants which are important for patients. Quality of life was evaluated by Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) at different times. Around 80 outcome indicators were found by literature research. These were classified by using the Outcome Measure Hierarchy and prioritized based on: impact on patient, influence of CDVC and statistical power. A first selection of 25 outcome indicators were then evaluated by an International Academic Council on lung cancer, a Methodological Advisory Council and representatives of the government, health insurance companies and patient federations. A final set of six indicators was selected based on quality of definition and feasibility of collection. A set of appropriate patient initial conditions was identified to be used for casemix correction.
Results:
The indicators which were formed in the “Care for Outcome” project were divided in three categories. The first category was survival: 1 and 2 year mortality after diagnosis, mortality 90 days after resection and 5-year survival using Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox-survival curves. The second category was recovery: the percentage of patients with positive resection margins and quality of life after 0, 3, 6, 12 months were evaluated. The third category concerned complications and adverse events: the percentage of patients with rethoracotomy, complications after resection and toxicity after (chemo)radiation were retrospectively measured over the years 2008-2011. Multivariate regression analysis showed that, in order of impact, tumor stage, performance status and age were the strongest predictors of outcome. Next to those, comorbidity (Charlson score) and pulmonary functioning (%FEV1 and %DLCO as a proxy of smoking history) were also relevant.
Conclusion:
In the “Care for Outcome” project we systematically developed a compact set of outcome indicators for patients with lung cancer focusing on the value of treatment for these patients. We started a retrospective data analysis, looking back four years, using these outcome indicators. These reports help us to better understand our quality of care and to improve our processes. In the near future these indicators will be collected prospectively and are feasible to be used to compare different treatment modalities and hospitals across the country.
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