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Improving Patient-Centered Outcomes after Discharge among Patients Hospitalized with Asthma Exacerbations by Focusing on a Transition-to-Home Plan with Community Health Workers

Award Number: K08HS024554
ORGANIZATION: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
OPDIV: AHRQ
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 03/01/2016
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2022

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Improving Patient-Centered Outcomes after Discharge among Patients Hospitalized with Asthma Exacerbations by Focusing on a Transition-to-Home Plan with Community Health Workers - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Asthma is the most common pediatric chronic disease, affecting more than 10% of American children (>7 million children <18 years)1 and disproportionately impacting urban, minority, and disadvantaged children.2 Despite the evidence-based guidelines for standardized care from the NIH,3 overall morbidity among youth with asthma, whether measured by attack rates, emergency department (ED) visits, or hospitalizations, has not significantly decreased in the last decade.4 Striking disparities persist among youth with asthma, as socio- economically disadvantaged, urban, and minority children throughout the United States incur a disproportionate share of asthma-related morbidity.2,5 The overall ED visit rate for asthma, for example, among non-Hispanic African Americans (AAs) aged 0-17 years is 4.1 times greater than that among non-Hispanic whites, while the ED visit rate among Hispanics in the same age group is 1.8 times greater than non-Hispanic whites. Similarly, the asthma death rate among non-Hispanic AAs aged 0-17 years is 7.3 times greater than that among non-Hispanic whites, while the death rate among Hispanics in the same age group is 1.2 times greater than non-Hispanic whites.5 In a recent study to prioritize comparative effectiveness research in hospital pediatrics, asthma ranked as the #1 leading non-surgical diagnose for pediatric hospital admission, totaling costs of $570 million annually.6 Of striking importance for the health care system is that asthma is also in the top diagnoses for all-cause readmissions, with 80% of these asthma readmissions deemed potentially preventable readmissions.7 In this career training award, with a strong mentorship team, I propose a highly patient-centered approach to identifying and improving optimal outcomes for patients and families transitioning home after inpatient admissions for asthma exacerbations. Using the care coordination framework proposed by the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in June 2014,8 my mentors and I will utilize principles of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative effectiveness research (CER) to design and pilot a program of community health worker (CHW)-facilitated transition-to-home focusing on the changeover of care from inpatient to outpatient for patients hospitalized with asthma exacerbation. This project is highly significant (addressing a vulnerable transition for patients admitted with a common and costly pediatric chronic illness with high rate of preventable readmissions) and highly innovative (using a qualitative approach to identify stakeholders' perspectives to refine AHRQ's care coordination framework to improve the transition from hospital to home by utilizing CHW and pilot testing feasibility and acceptability, and patient-centered outcomes). Our overall aim is to develop and evaluate a patient-centered transition-to-home plan leveraging CHWs to target high risk pediatric patients requiring hospital admission for asthma exacerbations. Our hypothesis is that CHWs will improve patient-centered outcomes during the transition from inpatient to outpatient care.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2020	CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE	111 MICHIGAN AVE NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20010	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	5	11/4/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2020	CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE	111 MICHIGAN AVE NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20010	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	5	7/2/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $139,524 )
2020	2020	CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE	111 MICHIGAN AVE NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20010	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	5	1/23/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$139,524
														Subtotal = $139,524

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $140,219 )
2019	2019	CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE	111 MICHIGAN AVE NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20010	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	4	1/9/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$140,219
														Subtotal = $140,219

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $140,896 )
2018	2018	CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE	111 MICHIGAN AVE NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20010	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	3	1/26/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$140,896
														Subtotal = $140,896

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $141,576 )
2017	2017	CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE	111 MICHIGAN AVE NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20010	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	2	1/24/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$141,576
														Subtotal = $141,576

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $144,384 )
2016	2016	CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE	111 MICHIGAN AVENUE, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20010	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	001	1	5/3/2016	NEW	$10,484
2016	2016	CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE	111 MICHIGAN AVENUE, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20010	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	1	2/26/2016	NEW	$133,900
														Subtotal = $144,384

Grand Total All Awards = $706,599

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Improving Patient-Centered Outcomes after Discharge among Patients Hospitalized with Asthma Exacerbations by Focusing on a Transition-to-Home Plan with Community Health Workers

Award Number: K08HS024554

ORGANIZATION: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

OPDIV: AHRQ

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 03/01/2016

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2022

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