Utilisation and safety of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in public and private sector hospitals

BMC Health Services Research

Anand Ganesan¹  Anna Ali²  Robert Adams³  Richard J Woodman⁴  Isuru Ranasinghe⁵  Linh Ngo⁶ 

[1] Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia;College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;Respiratory and Sleep Services, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;Flinders Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Queensland, Northside Clinical Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, 627 Rode Road, 4032, Chermside, Queensland, Australia;Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia;School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Queensland, Northside Clinical Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, 627 Rode Road, 4032, Chermside, Queensland, Australia;Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia;Cardiovascular Centre, E Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam;

关键词: Utilisation;    Safety;    Catheter ablation;    Atrial fibrillation;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12913-021-06874-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLittle is known about the utilisation and safety of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) among public and private sector hospitals.AimsTo examine the uptake of AF ablations and compare procedural safety between the sectors.Method:Hospitalisation data from all public and private hospitals in four large Australian states (NSW, QLD, VIC and WA) were used to identify patients undergoing AF ablation from 2012 to 17. The primary endpoint was any procedure-related complications up to 30-days post-discharge. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between treatment at a public hospital and risk of complications adjusting for covariates.ResultsPrivate hospitals performed most of the 21,654 AF ablations identified (n = 16,992, 78.5 %), on patients who were older (63.5 vs. 59.9y) but had lower rates of heart failure (7.9 % vs. 10.4 %), diabetes (10.2 % vs. 14.1 %), and chronic kidney diseases (2.4 % vs. 5.2 %) (all p < 0.001) than those treated in public hospitals. When compared with private hospitals, public hospitals had a higher crude rate of complications (7.25 % vs. 4.70 %, p < 0.001). This difference remained significant after adjustment (OR 1.74 [95 % CI 1.54–2.04]) and it occurred with both in-hospital (OR 1.83 [1.57–2.14]) and post-discharge (OR 1.39 [1.06–1.83]) complications, with certain complications including acute kidney injury (OR 5.31 [3.02–9.36]), cardiac surgery (OR 5.18 [2.19–12.27]), and pericardial effusion (OR 2.18 [1.50–3.16]).ConclusionsPrivate hospitals performed most of AF ablations in Australia with a lower rate of complications when compared with public hospitals. Further investigations are needed to identify the precise mechanisms of this observed difference.

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