Relationship Between Age and Trajectories of Rehospitalization Risk in Older Adults
Dharmarajan K, Hsieh A, Dreyer RP, Welsh J, Qin L, Krumholz HM. Relationship Between Age and Trajectories of Rehospitalization Risk in Older Adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2016, 65: 421-426. PMID: 27874977, PMCID: PMC5310961, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrajectories of Risk for Specific Readmission Diagnoses after Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia
Krumholz HM, Hsieh A, Dreyer RP, Welsh J, Desai NR, Dharmarajan K. Trajectories of Risk for Specific Readmission Diagnoses after Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0160492. PMID: 27716841, PMCID: PMC5055318, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRisk of readmissionHeart failureReadmission diagnosesHospital dischargeReadmission riskTiming of riskMyocardial infarctionImmediate post-discharge periodDiagnostic categoriesPhysiologic systemsRisk of rehospitalizationGeneral elderly populationRisk of deathPost-discharge periodPost-discharge interventionsTrauma/injuryHospitalization riskHospitalizationTrajectories of riskElderly populationMedicare feePneumoniaRehospitalizationService beneficiariesQuantifying clinical change: discrepancies between patients’ and providers’ perspectives
Dreyer RP, Jones PG, Kutty S, Spertus JA. Quantifying clinical change: discrepancies between patients’ and providers’ perspectives. Quality Of Life Research 2016, 25: 2213-2220. PMID: 26995561, DOI: 10.1007/s11136-016-1267-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnairePatient-reported outcomesGlobal assessmentHealth statusPhysician assessmentClinical changesDisease-specific Kansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireChronic heart failure patientsPatient-reported health statusBaseline clinic visitKCCQ summary scoreHeart failure statusHeart failure patientsMedical record abstractionPhysicians/patientsClinic visitsFailure patientsRecord abstractionPRO scoresPatient assessmentPatient interviewsClinical significancePRO measuresUS CentersPatients