1. Adding A Measure Of Patient Self-Management Capability To Risk Assessment Can Improve Prediction Of High Costs
- Author
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Rebecca M. Sacks, Carmen D. Parrotta, Valerie Overton, Judith H. Hibbard, and Jessica Greene
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Health Behavior ,Risk Assessment ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cost Savings ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Service utilization ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Aged ,Chronic care ,Patient Activation Measure ,Measure (data warehouse) ,Self-management ,Accountable Care Organizations ,business.industry ,030503 health policy & services ,Health Policy ,Health services research ,Health Care Costs ,Emergency department ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Hospitalization ,Self Care ,Female ,Health Services Research ,Medical emergency ,Emergency Service, Hospital ,0305 other medical science ,Risk assessment ,business - Abstract
We explored whether supplementing a clinical risk score with a behavioral measure could improve targeting of the patients most in need of supports that reduce their risk of costly service utilization. Using data from a large health system that determines patient self-management capability using the Patient Activation Measure, we examined utilization of hospital and emergency department care by the 15 percent of patients with the highest clinical risk scores. After controlling for risk scores and placing patients within segments based on their level of activation in 2011, we found that the lower the activation level, the higher the utilization and cost of hospital services in each of the following three years. These findings demonstrate that adding a measure of patient self-management capability to a risk assessment can improve prediction of high care costs and inform actions to better meet patient needs.
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- 2016