Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND: As the use of bundled care payment models has become widespread in neurosurgery, there is a distinct need for improved preoperative predictive tools to identify patients who will not benefit from prolonged hospitalization, thus facilitating earlier discharge to rehabilitation or nursing facilities.
OBJECTIVE: To validate the use of Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) in patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion for predicting discharge disposition.
METHODS: Patients undergoing elective posterior lumbar fusion from June 2016 to February 2017 were prospectively enrolled. RAPT scores and discharge outcomes were recorded for patients aged 50 yr or more (n = 432). Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the ability of RAPT score to predict discharge disposition. Multivariate regression was performed in a backwards stepwise logistic fashion to create a binomial model.
RESULTS: Escalating RAPT score predicts disposition to home (P < .0001). Every unit increase in RAPT score increases the chance of home disposition by 55.8% and 38.6% than rehab and skilled nursing facility, respectively. Further, RAPT score was significant in predicting length of stay (P = .0239), total surgical cost (P = .0007), and 30-d readmission (P < .0001). Amongst RAPT score subcomponents, walk, gait, and postoperative care availability were all predictive of disposition location (P < .0001) for both models. In a generalized multiple logistic regression model, the 3 top predictive factors for disposition were the RAPT score, length of stay, and age (P < .0001, P < .0001 and P = .0001, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Preoperative RAPT score is a highly predictive tool in lumbar fusion patients for discharge disposition.
Publication Title
Neurosurgery
ISSN
0148-396X
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Volume
86
Issue
2
First Page
E140
Last Page
E146
DOI
10.1093/neuros/nyz419
Recommended Citation
Glauser, G., Piazza, M., Osiemo, B., McClintock, S. D., Winter, E., Chen, H. I., Ali, Z. S., & Malhotra, N. R. (2020). The Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) for Discharge Planning in a Posterior Lumbar Fusion Population. Neurosurgery, 86(2), E140-E146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyz419