Beebe Healthcare-Lewes, Bayhealth Sussex Campus, and Bayhealth Kent Campus have the Best Value Outcomes for COPD in Dover, DE
In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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By: Barsha Nandy  Jul. 02, 2020

Dexur’s analysis of medicare claims of hospitals within a 50-mile radius of Dover, DE, showed that Beebe Healthcare-Lewes, Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus, and Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus had the best value outcomes over a 90-day episode for COPD. The episode of care tracks a patient journey from the date of admission for 90 days and includes the index hospitalizations, rehospitalization, home health, nursing home, and ED costs. The total cost of care data helps patients make appropriate choices and helps local ACOs such as eBrightHealth ACO, and UM ACO to make appropriate referrals choices. The analysis was risk-adjusted, for alive and non-hospice patients and was done at the DRG level, specifically DRG 190: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Major Complication Or Comorbidity (MCC), to adjust for complications and comorbidities.

The average cost of care over a 90-day episode for COPD in Delaware was $20,505 (for the period between July 2016 and June 2019). The index hospitalization cost was $8,893 and, while the average rehospitalization cost per hospitalization was $8,052, the cost per rehospitalization was at an average of $21,367. Meanwhile, the average ED costs per hospitalization (when ED is involved) was $1,224.

The state average nursing home cost per hospitalization when a nursing home is involved was $12,995 and the average home health cost per hospitalization when a home health agency is involved was $3,114.

Beebe Healthcare-Lewes

Beebe Healthcare-Lewes’s total cost of care over a 90-day episode was $16,513 (for the period of July 2016 and June 2019). The Index hospitalization cost was $7,703 and the average rehospitalization cost per hospitalization was $5,963. The rehospitalization cost per rehospitalization was at an average of $17,698. Meanwhile, the average ED costs per hospitalization (when ED is involved) was $943.

The average home health cost per hospitalization when a home health agency is involved is $2,409 and the average cost per hospitalization for the top home health agency partners for COPD for Beebe Healthcare-Lewes were:

  1. Millenium Home Health Care, Milford, DE - $1,981
  2. Beebe Healthcare, Millsboro, DE - $2,328
  3. Christiana Care Visiting Nurse Association, Camden, DE - $2,823

The average nursing home cost per hospitalization when a nursing home is involved is $11,484 and the average cost per hospitalization for the top nursing home partners for COPD for Beebe Healthcare-Lewes were:

  1. Cadia Rehabilitation Renaissance, Millsboro, DE - $10,542
  2. Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation & Health Center, Millsboro, DE - $12,379

Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus

Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus’ total cost of care over a 90-day episode was $17,189 (for the period of July 2016 and June 2019). The Index hospitalization cost was $8,091 and the average rehospitalization cost per hospitalization was $6,762. The rehospitalization cost per rehospitalization was at an average of $17,281. Meanwhile, the average ED costs per hospitalization (when ED is involved) was $964.

The average home health cost per hospitalization when a home health agency is involved is $3,821 and the average cost per hospitalization for the top home health agency partners for COPD for Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus were:

  1. Bayada Home Health Care at Bayhealth, Dover, DE - $3,063
  2. Christiana Care Visiting Nurse Association, Camden, DE - $3,745

The average nursing home cost per hospitalization when a nursing home is involved is $9,278.

Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus

Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus’ total cost of care over a 90-day episode was $19,313 (for the period of July 2016 and June 2019). The Index hospitalization cost was $8,260 and the average rehospitalization cost per hospitalization was $7,454. The rehospitalization cost per rehospitalization was at an average of $18,971. Meanwhile, the average ED costs per hospitalization (when ED is involved) was $1,209.

The average home health cost per hospitalization when a home health agency is involved is $3,485 and the average cost per hospitalization for the top home health agency partners for COPD for Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus were:

  1. Bayada Home Health Care at Bayhealth, Dover, DE - $2,871
  2. Christiana Care Visiting Nurse Association, Camden, DE - $3,285
  3. Millenium Home Health Care, Milford, DE - $3,529
  4. Amedisys Delaware, Dover, DE - $4,463

The average nursing home cost per hospitalization when a nursing home is involved is $13,624 and the average cost per hospitalization for the top nursing home partners for COPD for Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus were:

  1. Silver Lake Center, Dover, DE - $8,178
  2. Cadia Rehabilitation Capitol, Dover, DE - $9,017
  3. Westminster Village Health, Dover, DE - $12,806
  4. Pinnacle Rehabilitation & Health Center, Smyrna, DE - $15,361

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The detailed value outcomes and cost of care report for COPD in Dover, DE, includes the following data points:

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