2015
Patients need safer hospitals, every day of the week
Dharmarajan K, Kim N, Krumholz HM. Patients need safer hospitals, every day of the week. The BMJ 2015, 350: h1826. PMID: 25877669, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFemaleHospitalizationHumansIatrogenic DiseaseMaleMedical ErrorsPostoperative ComplicationsIntravenous Fluids in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Bikdeli B, Strait KM, Dharmarajan K, Li SX, Mody P, Partovian C, Coca SG, Kim N, Horwitz LI, Testani JM, Krumholz HM. Intravenous Fluids in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. JACC Heart Failure 2015, 3: 127-133. PMID: 25660836, PMCID: PMC4438991, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualFemaleFluid TherapyHeart FailureHospital MortalityHospitalizationHumansInfusions, IntravenousIntensive Care UnitsIntubation, IntratrachealIsotonic SolutionsMaleMiddle AgedRenal Replacement TherapyRetrospective StudiesRinger's SolutionSaline Solution, HypertonicSodium Potassium Chloride Symporter InhibitorsUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsAcute decompensated heart failureDecompensated heart failureHeart failureIntravenous fluidsRetrospective cohort studyCritical care admissionRenal replacement therapyDays of hospitalizationProportion of hospitalizationsHalf-normal salineWarrants further investigationOnly diureticsCare admissionHospital deathHospital outcomesCohort studyLoop diureticsPatient groupReplacement therapyWorse outcomesNormal salineInpatient careMedian volumePatientsHospitalization
2014
Trends in Aortic Dissection Hospitalizations, Interventions, and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States, 2000–2011
Mody PS, Wang Y, Geirsson A, Kim N, Desai MM, Gupta A, Dodson JA, Krumholz HM. Trends in Aortic Dissection Hospitalizations, Interventions, and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States, 2000–2011. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 920-928. PMID: 25336626, PMCID: PMC4380171, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.114.001140.Peer-Reviewed Original Research“Phenotyping” Hospital Value of Care for Patients with Heart Failure
Xu X, Li S, Lin H, Normand S, Kim N, Ott LS, Lagu T, Duan M, Kroch EA, Krumholz HM. “Phenotyping” Hospital Value of Care for Patients with Heart Failure. Health Services Research 2014, 49: 2000-2016. PMID: 24974769, PMCID: PMC4254136, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCosts and Cost AnalysisEconomics, HospitalHeart FailureHospital MortalityHospitalizationHospitalsHumansQuality of Health CareConceptsLower mortalityHeart failureHeart failure hospitalizationHospital mortality rateLonger hospital stayIntensive care unitDistinct joint trajectoriesValue of careFailure hospitalizationHospital stayCare unitClinical outcomesGroup of hospitalsHospital characteristicsHospital careHospital patternsSurgical proceduresMultinomial logistic regressionMortality rateHigh mortalityHospitalHospitalizationMortalityLogistic regressionHospital Value
2013
Trends in Hospitalization Rates and Outcomes of Endocarditis Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Kim N, Desai MM, Quagliarello V, Krumholz HM. Trends in Hospitalization Rates and Outcomes of Endocarditis Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 62: 2217-2226. PMID: 23994421, PMCID: PMC4335801, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpending more, doing more, or both? An alternative method for quantifying utilization during hospitalizations
Lagu T, Krumholz HM, Dharmarajan K, Partovian C, Kim N, Mody PS, Li S, Strait KM, Lindenauer PK. Spending more, doing more, or both? An alternative method for quantifying utilization during hospitalizations. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2013, 8: 373-379. PMID: 23757115, PMCID: PMC4014449, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2046.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Procedure Intensity and the Cost of Care
Chen SI, Dharmarajan K, Kim N, Strait KM, Li SX, Safavi KC, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM, Lagu T. Procedure Intensity and the Cost of Care. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2012, 5: 308-313. PMID: 22576844, PMCID: PMC3415230, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.112.966069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCosts and Cost AnalysisCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHeart FailureHospital Bed CapacityHospital CostsHospital MortalityHospitalizationHospitals, RuralHospitals, TeachingHospitals, UrbanHumansLength of StayLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedModels, EconomicOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CareResidence CharacteristicsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsHF hospitalizationHeart failureInvasive proceduresHospital groupRisk-standardized mortality ratesProportion of patientsLength of stayCost of careWilcoxon rank sum testHigher procedure ratesRank sum testPatient demographicsPerspective databaseMedian lengthSurgical proceduresProcedure ratesHospitalizationOutcome differencesMortality rateHospitalPatientsPractice styleProcedure useSum testOverall use