Association of the redesigned comprehensive care for joint replacement model with racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in joint replacement surgeries

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R01MD018573
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$3,398,976

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Completion date 92% complete
Place of performance
Chicago, IL 60611, USA

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Abstract
Total HIP and knee replacements ("total joint replacements" [tjrs]) are highly successful surgeries for patients with end-stage arthritis. Despite their clinical benefits, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in the use and outcomes of these surgeries are well-established. These disparities have persisted for decades despite well-intentioned and effective disparity reduction strategies that have been locally implemented. In the absence of a national reform that incentivizes disparity reduction, the vision of achieving TJR equity may remain unfulfilled. Medicare's 2016 comprehensive care for joint replacement (CJR) model is a bundled payment reform aimed at improving quality and reducing spending for medicare beneficiaries undergoing tjrs. In 2021, the CJR was redesigned (rcjr) to include adjustments for social risk (dual-eligibility for medicare and medicaid) and clinical risk (hierarchical condition category score and age) - measures that could potentially reduce TJR disparities by 'recognizing' the higher spending for marginalized patients (many of whom belong to racial/ethnic minority or lower socioeconomic groups, and are in poorer health). These adjustments are likely to reduce incentives for hospitals to avoid operating on marginalized patients, provide these patients access to high-quality hospitals, and increase quality/price competition between hospitals to attract these patients; thereby promoting equity in TJR use and postoperative outcomes. In theory, the new risk adjustment measures could potentially transform the rcjr into a national TJR disparity reduction strategy. However, there is little empirical evidence to support our hypothesis. Thus, our objective is to evaluate rcjr's association with racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in TJR use, outcomes, and spending, with a focus on the performance of safety-net hospitals. We will use national medicare data from 2018-2024 to evaluate rcjr's association with disparities in the use of tjrs (aim 1) and in clinical metrics (aim 2). We will also examine whether the rcjr may have influenced TJR spending for marginalized patients (aim 3). Our work is significant because we will answer questions such as whether the rcjr was effective in reducing disparities, which metrics were most influenced by the rcjr, and which institutions successfully reduced disparities. These findings are critical for understanding whether and how the rcjr can be leveraged to reduce disparities nationally, and for realizing the elusive target of equity in TJR care for patients with arthritis.

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Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
University Of Rochester Association of the redesigned Comprehensive Care f $33,034
University Of Rochester Association of the redesigned Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model with racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in joint replacement surgeries $33,690
President And Fellows Of Harvard College $32,674

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Who received award R01MD018573?

R01MD018573 was awarded to Northwestern University by National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (National Institutes of Health) on July 13, 2023.

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$3,398,976 has been obligated on R01MD018573.

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