TY - JOUR
T1 - Hospital satisfaction does not predict functional outcome one year after total shoulder arthroplasty
AU - Wojahn, Robert D.
AU - Atencio, Joan M.
AU - Sefko, Julianne A.
AU - Galatz, Leesa M.
AU - Keener, Jay D.
AU - Yamaguchi, Ken
AU - Chamberlain, Aaron M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Background: Healthcare is shifting to value-based payment models. Two percent of Medicare reimbursements are currently linked to value measures including the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) hospital satisfaction survey. The purpose of this study was to determine if HCAHPS survey results are correlated with validated legacy outcome measures after total shoulder arthroplasty. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in 84 patients undergoing elective total shoulder arthroplasty. Baseline 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), and Western Ontario Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder Index (WOOS) questionnaires were completed at the time of enrollment. ASES and WOOS scores were collected at 3-month and 1-year postoperatively. Patients were contacted to complete the HCAHPS survey postoperatively. HCAHPS results and baseline functional scores were evaluated for an association with improvements in legacy outcome measures after surgery. Results: HCAHPS scores were higher among males than females (P=0.04). Age, SF-12 physical component scores, SF-12 mental component scores, and pre-operative symptom severity were not associated with HCAHPS results. HCAHPS scores were not correlated with ASES (r=0.09, P=0.44) or WOOS scores (r=−0.17, P=0.13) at one year after surgery. HCAHPS was also not correlated with the absolute improvement in ASES (r=−0.02, P=0.85) or WOOS scores (r=−0.08, P=0.48) from pre- to one year post-operatively. Conclusions: The HCAHPS score, a measure of satisfaction and a determinant of Medicare quality-based reimbursement, showed no correlation with functional outcome measures at one year after total shoulder arthroplasty. Thus, HCAHPS patient satisfaction survey may not be aligned with functional outcomes valued by patients. Further consideration is warranted regarding the assessment of quality, and in turn reimbursements, with survey results.
AB - Background: Healthcare is shifting to value-based payment models. Two percent of Medicare reimbursements are currently linked to value measures including the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) hospital satisfaction survey. The purpose of this study was to determine if HCAHPS survey results are correlated with validated legacy outcome measures after total shoulder arthroplasty. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in 84 patients undergoing elective total shoulder arthroplasty. Baseline 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), and Western Ontario Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder Index (WOOS) questionnaires were completed at the time of enrollment. ASES and WOOS scores were collected at 3-month and 1-year postoperatively. Patients were contacted to complete the HCAHPS survey postoperatively. HCAHPS results and baseline functional scores were evaluated for an association with improvements in legacy outcome measures after surgery. Results: HCAHPS scores were higher among males than females (P=0.04). Age, SF-12 physical component scores, SF-12 mental component scores, and pre-operative symptom severity were not associated with HCAHPS results. HCAHPS scores were not correlated with ASES (r=0.09, P=0.44) or WOOS scores (r=−0.17, P=0.13) at one year after surgery. HCAHPS was also not correlated with the absolute improvement in ASES (r=−0.02, P=0.85) or WOOS scores (r=−0.08, P=0.48) from pre- to one year post-operatively. Conclusions: The HCAHPS score, a measure of satisfaction and a determinant of Medicare quality-based reimbursement, showed no correlation with functional outcome measures at one year after total shoulder arthroplasty. Thus, HCAHPS patient satisfaction survey may not be aligned with functional outcomes valued by patients. Further consideration is warranted regarding the assessment of quality, and in turn reimbursements, with survey results.
KW - Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers
KW - Orthopedic surgery
KW - Patient outcomes
KW - Shoulder replacement
KW - Systems (HCAHPS)
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U2 - 10.21037/jhmhp-20-51
DO - 10.21037/jhmhp-20-51
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122596142
SN - 2523-2533
VL - 5
JO - Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy
JF - Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy
M1 - 36
ER -