Cardiac interventions in Wales: A comparison of benefits between NHS Wales specialties

Khalaji, Amirmohammad, Davies, Gareth, Akbari, Ashley, Bailey, Rowena, Evans, Lloyd, Smith, Kendal, Goodfellow, Jonathan, Thomas, Michael and Lutchman Singh, Kerryn 2024. Cardiac interventions in Wales: A comparison of benefits between NHS Wales specialties. PLoS ONE 19 (2) , e0297049. 10.1371/journal.pone.0297049

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Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to assess if specialised healthcare service interventions in Wales benefit the population equitably in work commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC). Approach: The study utilised anonymised individual-level, population-scale, routinely collected electronic health record (EHR) data held in the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank to identify patients resident in Wales receiving specialist cardiac interventions. Measurement was undertaken of associated patient outcomes 2-years before and after the intervention (minus a 6-month clearance period on either side) by measuring events in primary care, hospital attendance, outpatient and emergency department. The analysis controlled for comorbidity (Charlson) and deprivation (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation), stratified by admission type (elective or emergency) and membership of top 5% post-intervention costs. Costs were estimated by multiplying events by mean person cost estimates. Results: We identified 5,999 percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and 1,640 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) between 2014-06-01 to 2020-02-29. The ratio of emergency to elective interventions was 2.85 for PCI and 1.04 for CABG. In multivariate analysis significant associations were identified for comorbidity (OR = 1.52, CI = (1.01–2.27)), deprivation (OR = 1.34, CI = (1.03–1.76)) and rurality (OR = 0.81, CI = (0.70–0.95)) for PCI interventions, and comorbidity (OR = 1.47, CI = (1.10–1.98)) for CABG. Higher costs post-intervention were associated with increased comorbidity for PCI and CABG in the top 5% cost groups, but for PCI this was not seen outside the top 5%. For PCI, moderate cost increase was associated with increased deprivation, but the picture was more mixed following CABG interventions. For both interventions, lower costs post intervention were seen in rural locations. Conclusion: We identified and compared health outcomes for selected specialist cardiac interventions amongst patients resident in Wales, with these methods and analyses, providing a template for comparing other cardiac interventions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
ISSN:	1932-6203
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 March 2024
Date of Acceptance:	24 December 2023
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2024 15:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167515

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