Hospital Volume Threshold Associated with Higher Survival after Endovascular Recanalization Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Dong-Hyun Shim, Youngsoo Kim, Jieun Roh, Jongsoo Kang, Kyung-Pil Park, Jae-Kwan Cha, Seung Kug Baik, Yoon Kim, Dong-Hyun Shim, Youngsoo Kim, Jieun Roh, Jongsoo Kang, Kyung-Pil Park, Jae-Kwan Cha, Seung Kug Baik, Yoon Kim

Abstract

Background and purpose: Endovascular recanalization therapy (ERT) is becoming increasingly important in the management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, the hospital volume threshold for optimal ERT remains unknown. We investigated the relationship between hospital volume of ERT and risk-adjusted patient outcomes.

Methods: From the National Health Insurance claims data in Korea, 11,745 patients with AIS who underwent ERT from July 2011 to June 2016 in 111 hospitals were selected. We measured the hospital's ERT volume and patient outcomes, including the 30-day mortality, readmission, and postprocedural intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) rates. For each outcome measure, we constructed risk-adjusted prediction models incorporating demographic variables, the modified Charlson comorbidity index, and the stroke severity index (SSI), and validated them. Risk-adjusted outcomes of AIS cases were compared across hospital quartiles to confirm the volume-outcome relationship (VOR) in ERT. Spline regression was performed to determine the volume threshold.

Results: The mean AIS volume was 14.8 cases per hospital/year and the unadjusted means of mortality, readmission, and ICH rates were 11.6%, 4.6%, and 8.6%, respectively. The VOR was observed in the risk-adjusted 30-day mortality rate across all quartile groups, and in the ICH rate between the first and fourth quartiles (P<0.05). The volume threshold was 24 cases per year.

Conclusions: There was an association between hospital volume and outcomes, and the volume threshold in ERT was identified. Policies should be developed to ensure the implementation of the AIS volume threshold for hospitals performing ERT.

Keywords: Hospitals, high-volume; Quality and outcomes; Risk adjustment; Stroke; Thrombectomy.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Study framework. DB, database; HIRA, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service; ERT, endovascular recanalization therapy; SSI, stroke severity index; VOR, volume-outcome relationship; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Predicted effect of an increase of 10 patients in annual procedure volume on the adjusted odds of mortality in Korea, 5 years. ERT, endovascular recanalization therapy

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