Impact of Public Reporting of Center-Specific Survival Analysis Scores on Patient Volumes at Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Centers

Akshay Sharma, Brent Logan, Noel Estrada-Merly, Leslie E. Lehmann, Hemalatha G. Rangarajan, Jaime M. Preussler, Jesse D. Troy, Luke P. Akard, Neel S. Bhatt, Tony H. Truong, William A. Wood, Christopher Strouse, Mark Juckett, Nandita Khera, Douglas Rizzo, Wael Saber

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Abstract

The Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research reports the outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) at United States transplantation centers (TC) annually through its Center-Specific Survival Analysis (CSA). The CSA compares the actual 1-year overall survival (OS) and predicted 1-year OS rate after alloHCT at each TC, which is then reported as 0 (OS as expected), −1 (OS worse than expected), or 1 (OS better than expected). We evaluated the impact of public reporting of TC performance on their alloHCT patient volumes. Ninety-one TCs that serve adult or combined adult and pediatric populations and had CSA scores reported for 2012–2018 were included. We analyzed prior-calendar-year TC volume, prior-calendar-year CSA score, whether the CSA score had changed in the prior year from two years earlier, calendar year, TC type (adult only vs. combined adult and pediatric), and years of alloHCT experience for their impact on patient volumes. A CSA score of −1, as compared with 0 or 1, was associated with an 8% to 9% reduction in the mean TC volume (P < 0.001) in the subsequent year, adjusting for the prior year center volume. Additionally, being a TC neighboring an index TC with a −1 CSA score, was associated with a 3.5% increase in mean TC volume (P = 0.04). Our data show that public reporting of CSA scores is associated with changes in alloHCT volumes at TCs. Additional investigation into the causes of this shift in patient volume and the impact on outcomes is ongoing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)523-528
Number of pages6
JournalTransplantation and Cellular Therapy
Volume29
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2023

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© 2023 The American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Keywords

  • Center-Specific Survival Analysis
  • Hematopoietic cell transplantation
  • Public reporting

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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