Has the Reform of the Japanese Healthcare Provision System Improved the Value in Healthcare? A Cost-Consequence Analysis of Organized Care for Hip Fracture Patients

Haruhisa Fukuda, Sayuri Shimizu and Tatsuro Ishizaki

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: Objectives: To assess the value of organized care by comparing the clinical outcomes and healthcare expenditure between the conventional Japanese “integrated care across specialties within one hospital” mode of providing healthcare and the prospective approach of “organized care across separate facilities within a community”. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Two groups of hospitals were categorized according to healthcare delivery approach: the first group included 3 hospitals autonomously providing integrated care across specialties, and the second group included 4 acute care hospitals and 7 rehabilitative care hospitals providing organized care across separate facilities. Participants: Patients aged 65 years and above who had undergone hip fracture surgery. Measurements: Regression models adjusting for patient characteristics and clinical variables were used to investigate the impact of organized care on the improvements to the mobility capability of patients before and after hospitalization and the differences in healthcare resource utilization. Results: The sample for analysis included 837 hip fracture surgery cases. The proportion of patients with either unchanged or improved mobility capability was not statistically associated with the healthcare delivery approaches. Total adjusted mean healthcare expenditure for integrated care and organized care were US$28,360 (95% confidence interval: 27,787-28,972) and US$21,951 (21,511-22,420), respectively, indicating an average increase of US$6,409 in organized care. Conclusion: Our cost-consequence analysis underscores the need to further investigate the actual contribution of organized care to the provision of efficient and high-quality healthcare.

Date: 2015
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