257 Factors Associated with Primary Care Provider (PCP) Use Among Home Dialysis Patients

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Patients utilizing dialysis receive fewer primary care services, especially during the time of initiation of dialysis. This project aims to identify clinical or demographic factors that are associated with either initiation or continuity of PCP use after initiating home dialysis. M...

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Main Authors: Rohanit Singh, JiYoon Ahn, Mara McAdams Demarco, Bernard Jaar
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205986612200139X/type/journal_article
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JiYoon Ahn
Mara McAdams Demarco
Bernard Jaar
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description OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Patients utilizing dialysis receive fewer primary care services, especially during the time of initiation of dialysis. This project aims to identify clinical or demographic factors that are associated with either initiation or continuity of PCP use after initiating home dialysis. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Using Medicare claims data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), we analyzed PCP use for patients aged 67 years or older. We included patients who initiated either peritoneal or home-hemodialysis between 2008-2014. Patients were followed for 2 years: 1 year before and after home dialysis initiation. We used a multivariable logistic model to control for various demographic and clinical factors believed to be confounders and to ascertain factors (i.e. age, race/ethnicity, area of residence, comorbidities, frailty scores) associated with initiation of PCP use or continuity of PCP use. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Among the 9,854 patients analyzed, 68% of patients used PCP after dialysis initiation. 85% of patients who used PCP before dialysis continued PCP use after home dialysis initiation. Only 29% of patients who had not used PCP before dialysis initiated PCP use after. Employment (vs. unemployment) and use of home-hemodialysis (vs peritoneal) were associated with lower odds of PCP continuity of care. Diabetes and pre-dialysis nephrology care were associated with greater odds of PCP continuity of care. Black race (vs White) and high frailty scores were associated with lower odds of PCP initiation. Those with cardiovascular disease, residence in the South (vs the Northeast), and residence in more urban areas (vs low urban) were associated with greater odds of PCP initiation. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: This study highlights the prevalence of PCP use, as well as the factors and subgroups that are associated with lower PCP use among patients receiving home dialysis. These findings will guide future research, interventions and policies in order to improve our understanding of the barriers to PCP use in that population.
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spelling doaj.art-c40bbc857eb6420bbb5e1e45393021f22023-03-10T07:53:47ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612022-04-016424210.1017/cts.2022.139257 Factors Associated with Primary Care Provider (PCP) Use Among Home Dialysis PatientsRohanit Singh0JiYoon Ahn1Mara McAdams Demarco2Bernard Jaar3Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins University and National Kidney FoundationOBJECTIVES/GOALS: Patients utilizing dialysis receive fewer primary care services, especially during the time of initiation of dialysis. This project aims to identify clinical or demographic factors that are associated with either initiation or continuity of PCP use after initiating home dialysis. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Using Medicare claims data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), we analyzed PCP use for patients aged 67 years or older. We included patients who initiated either peritoneal or home-hemodialysis between 2008-2014. Patients were followed for 2 years: 1 year before and after home dialysis initiation. We used a multivariable logistic model to control for various demographic and clinical factors believed to be confounders and to ascertain factors (i.e. age, race/ethnicity, area of residence, comorbidities, frailty scores) associated with initiation of PCP use or continuity of PCP use. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Among the 9,854 patients analyzed, 68% of patients used PCP after dialysis initiation. 85% of patients who used PCP before dialysis continued PCP use after home dialysis initiation. Only 29% of patients who had not used PCP before dialysis initiated PCP use after. Employment (vs. unemployment) and use of home-hemodialysis (vs peritoneal) were associated with lower odds of PCP continuity of care. Diabetes and pre-dialysis nephrology care were associated with greater odds of PCP continuity of care. Black race (vs White) and high frailty scores were associated with lower odds of PCP initiation. Those with cardiovascular disease, residence in the South (vs the Northeast), and residence in more urban areas (vs low urban) were associated with greater odds of PCP initiation. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: This study highlights the prevalence of PCP use, as well as the factors and subgroups that are associated with lower PCP use among patients receiving home dialysis. These findings will guide future research, interventions and policies in order to improve our understanding of the barriers to PCP use in that population.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205986612200139X/type/journal_article
spellingShingle Rohanit Singh
JiYoon Ahn
Mara McAdams Demarco
Bernard Jaar
257 Factors Associated with Primary Care Provider (PCP) Use Among Home Dialysis Patients
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
title 257 Factors Associated with Primary Care Provider (PCP) Use Among Home Dialysis Patients
title_full 257 Factors Associated with Primary Care Provider (PCP) Use Among Home Dialysis Patients
title_fullStr 257 Factors Associated with Primary Care Provider (PCP) Use Among Home Dialysis Patients
title_full_unstemmed 257 Factors Associated with Primary Care Provider (PCP) Use Among Home Dialysis Patients
title_short 257 Factors Associated with Primary Care Provider (PCP) Use Among Home Dialysis Patients
title_sort 257 factors associated with primary care provider pcp use among home dialysis patients
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205986612200139X/type/journal_article
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