2016
Physician-Owned Surgical Hospitals Outperform Other Hospitals in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program
Ramirez A, Tracci M, Stukenborg G, Turrentine F, Kozower B, Jones R. Physician-Owned Surgical Hospitals Outperform Other Hospitals in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2016, 223: 559-567. PMID: 27502368, PMCID: PMC5045811, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital case mix indexPhysician-owned surgical hospitalsCase mix indexTotal performance scoreHospital performanceKaiser PermanenteHospital Value-Based Purchasing ProgramSurgical hospitalsGeneralized linear model assessed differencesValue-Based Purchasing ProgramCompare hospital performanceWorld Report Honor Roll hospitalsHigh-value hospitalsBusiness modelsPerformance scoresKaiser Permanente hospitalsUS NewsUniversity HealthSystem ConsortiumMedicare hospitalizationsProgram hospitalsConsortium membersQuality improvementFinancial incentivesPolicy-making decisionsMedicare
1999
Variations in and correlates of length of stay in academic hospitals among patients with heart failure resulting from systolic dysfunction.
Krumholz HM, Chen YT, Bradford WD, Cerese J. Variations in and correlates of length of stay in academic hospitals among patients with heart failure resulting from systolic dysfunction. The American Journal Of Managed Care 1999, 5: 715-23. PMID: 10538451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayCongestive heart failureHeart failureSystolic dysfunctionPatient characteristicsAcademic hospitalCollaborative quality improvement projectIndividual hospitalsAdmission clinical characteristicsRetrospective cohort studyPrincipal discharge diagnosisNumber of patientsQuality improvement projectUniversity HealthSystem ConsortiumCorrelates of lengthHospital stayPeripheral edemaClinical characteristicsCohort studyRenal failureClinical factorsMajor complicationsHospital eventsRegression modelsAtrial fibrillation
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