2014
National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release
Suter LG, Li SX, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Bhat KR, Turkmani D, Spivack SB, Lindenauer PK, Merrill AR, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 29: 1333-1340. PMID: 24825244, PMCID: PMC4175654, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2862-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePneumonia mortalityMyocardial infarctionMedian risk-standardized mortality rateHospital-level mortalityUnplanned readmission ratePrincipal discharge diagnosisHospital performanceRisk-Standardized MortalityHF mortalityReadmission resultsReadmission ratesDischarge diagnosisOutcome measuresAMI mortalityReadmission measuresPneumoniaMortality rateService MedicareHierarchical logistic modelsMortalityMedicaid ServicesReadmission
2011
Cost-effectiveness of Adding Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Rheumatoid Arthritis Management
Suter LG, Fraenkel L, Braithwaite RS. Cost-effectiveness of Adding Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Rheumatoid Arthritis Management. JAMA Internal Medicine 2011, 171: 657-667. PMID: 21482840, PMCID: PMC4047037, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioMagnetic resonance imagingStandard risk stratificationCost-effectiveness ratioLifetime incremental cost-effectiveness ratioEarly rheumatoid arthritisRisk stratificationRheumatoid arthritisAggressive treatmentResonance imagingBaseline radiographic erosionsRA-related costsEarly RA patientsMonths of diseaseRheumatoid arthritis managementStandard treatment protocolHigh-risk individualsProbabilistic sensitivity analysesDecision analysis modelRadiographic erosionsRA patientsDisease courseArthritis managementMRI specificityClinical markers