2014
Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission.
Horwitz LI, Partovian C, Lin Z, Grady JN, Herrin J, Conover M, Montague J, Dillaway C, Bartczak K, Suter LG, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2014, 161: s66-75. PMID: 25402406, PMCID: PMC4235629, DOI: 10.7326/m13-3000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned readmissionReadmission measuresReadmission ratesReadmission riskMedicare feeHospital-wide readmission measureRisk-standardized readmission ratesPayer dataAdministrative Claims MeasureRisk-standardized ratesAverage-risk patientsUnplanned readmission rateDays of dischargeHospital risk-standardized readmission ratesAdult hospitalizationsComorbid conditionsPrincipal diagnosisClaims dataService claimsService beneficiariesReadmissionMeasure development studiesMedicaid ServicesRisk adjustmentHospital
2010
Improvements in US Maternal Obstetrical Outcomes From 1992 to 2006
Srinivas SK, Epstein AJ, Nicholson S, Herrin J, Asch DA. Improvements in US Maternal Obstetrical Outcomes From 1992 to 2006. Medical Care 2010, 48: 487-493. PMID: 20393363, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3181d68840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDelivery, ObstetricFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsRisk AdjustmentUnited StatesConceptsMajor maternal complicationsMaternal complicationsCesarean deliveryVaginal deliveryObstetrical outcomesHospital discharge dataPopulation-based sampleRisk-adjusted ratesThrombotic complicationsCD patientsVD patientsMajor complicationsObstetric proceduresHospital careDelivery outcomesCommon reasonComplicationsPatientsComorbiditiesWomenOutcomesAverage numberComposite measureCD ratesDischarge data