Abstract 28: Variation in High-Value Cardiovascular Diagnostic Testing: Patient, Payer, and Hospital Effects [Session Title: Improving Quality of Care]

Conclusions: Despite adjustment for patient- and payer-level characteristics, there is 1) significant residual variation in use of high-value cardiac testing and 2) correlation in testing rates for AMI and HF patients among hospitals. These results suggest that hospital-level characteristics and care processes may have a strong influence on use of high-value testing.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - April 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kini, V., Ho, P. M., Magid, D., Mosley, B., Khazanie, P., Salcedo, E., Groeneveld, P., Masoudi, F. Tags: Session Title: Improving Quality of Care Source Type: research