2023
Variation in Risk‐Standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Heart Failure in Accountable Care Organizations: Implications for Quality Measurement
Chuzi S, Lindenauer P, Faridi K, Priya A, Pekow P, D'Aunno T, Mazor K, Stefan M, Spatz E, Gilstrap L, Werner R, Lagu T. Variation in Risk‐Standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Heart Failure in Accountable Care Organizations: Implications for Quality Measurement. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e029758. PMID: 37345796, PMCID: PMC10356066, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.029758.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute admission ratesHeart failureMedicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care OrganizationsAccountable care organizationsAdmission ratesMost ACOsPrimary care providersPerformance categoriesCare organizationsACO characteristicsHealth care qualityAdmission riskBlack beneficiariesCare providersMedicare feeService beneficiariesConclusions AdmissionCare qualityPatientsAdmissionHospital affiliationACO structureFuture studiesLower proportionFailure
2019
Associations between community well-being and hospitalisation rates: results from a cross-sectional study within six US states
Roy B, Riley C, Herrin J, Spatz E, Hamar B, Kell KP, Rula EY, Krumholz H. Associations between community well-being and hospitalisation rates: results from a cross-sectional study within six US states. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e030017. PMID: 31780588, PMCID: PMC6886944, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalisation ratesZip codesPrimary care physician densityCross-sectional study SETTINGCancer-related admissionsRespiratory-related admissionsCross-sectional studyQuality of lifeRace/ethnicityCause hospitalisationSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeHighest quintileUnnecessary hospitalisationAdmission ratesSD increaseHospitalisationLife benefitsPhysician densityStudy settingMain independent variableBeing IndexHospital bedsAdmissionGallup-Sharecare WellTRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE FOR HEART FAILURE ADMISSIONS IN WESTERN MEDICINE HOSPITALS IN CHINA: ANALYSIS FROM THE CHINA PEACE RETROSPECTIVE HEART FAILURE STUDY
Yu Y, Spatz E, Krumholz H, Li J. TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE FOR HEART FAILURE ADMISSIONS IN WESTERN MEDICINE HOSPITALS IN CHINA: ANALYSIS FROM THE CHINA PEACE RETROSPECTIVE HEART FAILURE STUDY. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 796. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)31403-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates
Benchetrit L, Zimmerman C, Bao H, Dharmarajan K, Altaf F, Herrin J, Lin Z, Krumholz HM, Drye EE, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES. Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates. American Heart Journal 2018, 207: 19-26. PMID: 30404047, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccountable Care OrganizationsAgedAlgorithmsAnalysis of VarianceCardiovascular DiseasesComorbidityFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesMaleMedicare Part AMedicare Part BPatient AdmissionPatient DischargePatient-Centered CareSex DistributionTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsHeart failureAccountable care organizationsMean admission rateAdmission ratesAdmission typeAcute admission ratesNoncardiovascular conditionsAdmission diagnosisCause admission ratesMedicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care OrganizationsRate of hospitalizationPrincipal discharge diagnosisProportion of admissionsType of admissionNoncardiovascular causesHF admissionsHF patientsPerson yearsDischarge diagnosisPatient populationPatientsAdmissionKey quality metricDiagnosisSubstantial proportionDefining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement
Drye EE, Altaf FK, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES, Montague JA, Bao H, Parzynski CS, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Lin Z. Defining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement. Medical Care 2018, 56: 193-201. PMID: 29271820, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsChronic conditionsMedicare feeService beneficiariesMedicare Chronic Conditions WarehouseMCC cohortBroad cohortChronic Conditions WarehouseRisk-standardized ratesNational quality measuresUnplanned admissionsFinal cohortTotal admissionsAdmission riskAccountable care organizationsAdmission ratesOutcome measuresAdmissionCohortCohort conditionCare organizationsPatientsStakeholder inputNarrow cohortBeneficiaries