Puesta en marcha de un hospital de día del área del corazón: análisis de actividad, calidad y coste-efectividad en el primer año de funcionamiento / Start-up of a cardiology day hospital: activity, quality care and cost-effectiveness analysis of the first year of operation

Introducción y objetivos: El hospital de día del área del corazón (HDC) es una alternativa asistencial a la hospitalización convencional relacionada con procedimientos cardiológicos programados. Los objetivos de este estudio son analizar la actividad asistencial, la calidad de la asistencia y el coste-efectividad del HDC. Métodos: Estudio observacional descriptivo de la actividad asistencial durante el primer año de funcionamiento del HDC. La calidad asistencial se analizó mediante el índice de sustitución (ambulatorización de los procedimientos programados), la tasa de cancelación, complicaciones y una encuesta de satisfacción. Para el coste-efectividad, se calculó el ahorro económico relacionado con las estancias hospitalarias evitadas. Resultados: Se atendió a un total de 1.646 pacientes (media de edad, 69 ± 15 años; el 60% varones). Se programaron 2.550 procedimientos con una tasa de cancelación del 4%; la cardioversión eléctrica fue el procedimiento con más suspensiones. La ambulatorización de los procedimientos invasivos programados fue del 66%. Únicamente fue necesario reingresar a 1 paciente por insuficiencia cardiaca. La mayoría de los pacientes encuestados consideraron buena o muy buena la atención recibida en el HDC (95%). La ambulatorización parcial de los procedimientos invasivos supuso un ahorro económico en estancias hospitalarias de 219.199,55 euros, superior a los costes del primer año de funcionamiento del HDC. Conclusiones: El HDC del centro ha permitido la ambulatorización de más de 2 tercios de los procedimientos invasivos manteniendo la calidad de la asistencia. En el primer año de funcionamiento se ha amortizado el gasto derivado de su puesta en marcha, gracias a una importante reducción de los ingresos hospitalarios

Introduction and objectives: The cardiology day hospital (CDH) is an alternative to hospitalization for scheduled cardiological procedures. The aims of this study were to analyze the activity, quality of care and the cost-effectiveness of a CDH. Methods: An observational descriptive study was conducted of the health care activity during the first year of operation of DHHA. The quality of care was analyzed through the substitution rate (outpatient procedures), cancellation rates, complications, and a satisfaction survey. For cost-effectiveness, we calculated the economic savings of avoided hospital stays. Results: A total of 1646 patients were attended (mean age 69 ± 15 years, 60% men); 2550 procedures were scheduled with a cancellation rate of 4%. The most frequently cancelled procedure was electrical cardioversion. The substitution rate for scheduled invasive procedures was 66%. Only 1 patient required readmission after discharge from the CDH due to heart failure. Most surveyed patients (95%) considered the care received in the CDH to be good or very good. The saving due to outpatient-converted procedures made possible by the CDH was € 219 199.55, higher than the cost of the first year of operation. Conclusions: In our center, the CDH allowed more than two thirds of the invasive procedures to be performed on an outpatient basis, while maintaining the quality of care. In the first year of operation, the expenses due to its implementation were offset by a significant reduction in hospital admissions

Start-up of a Cardiology Day Hospital: Activity, Quality Care and Cost-effectiveness Analysis of the First Year of Operation.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The cardiology day hospital (CDH) is an alternative to hospitalization for scheduled cardiological procedures. The aims of this study were to analyze the activity, quality of care and the cost-effectiveness of a CDH. METHODS: An observational descriptive study was conducted of the health care activity during the first year of operation of DHHA. The quality of care was analyzed through the substitution rate (outpatient procedures), cancellation rates, complications, and a satisfaction survey. For cost-effectiveness, we calculated the economic savings of avoided hospital stays. RESULTS: A total of 1646 patients were attended (mean age 69 ± 15 years, 60% men); 2550 procedures were scheduled with a cancellation rate of 4%. The most frequently cancelled procedure was electrical cardioversion. The substitution rate for scheduled invasive procedures was 66%. Only 1 patient required readmission after discharge from the CDH due to heart failure. Most surveyed patients (95%) considered the care received in the CDH to be good or very good. The saving due to outpatient-converted procedures made possible by the CDH was € 219 199.55, higher than the cost of the first year of operation. CONCLUSIONS: In our center, the CDH allowed more than two thirds of the invasive procedures to be performed on an outpatient basis, while maintaining the quality of care. In the first year of operation, the expenses due to its implementation were offset by a significant reduction in hospital admissions.