2015
National Trends in Hospital Readmission Rates among Medicare Fee-for-Service Survivors of Mitral Valve Surgery, 1999–2010
Dodson JA, Wang Y, Murugiah K, Dharmarajan K, Cooper Z, Hashim S, Nuti SV, Spatz E, Desai N, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Hospital Readmission Rates among Medicare Fee-for-Service Survivors of Mitral Valve Surgery, 1999–2010. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0132470. PMID: 26147225, PMCID: PMC4493110, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral valve surgeryLength of stayHospital LOSReadmission ratesHospital readmission ratesOlder patientsHospital readmissionMedicare feeMean hospital LOSSurvival rateProportional hazards regressionYears of ageValve surgeryHazards regressionService patientsWorse outcomesAge subgroupsPatientsOlder adultsSurvivorsNational trendsReadmissionModest declineWomenSubgroups
1995
Twenty most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Hennen J, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ. Twenty most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993. Connecticut Medicine 1995, 59: 11-5. PMID: 7859443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDRG categoriesConnecticut acute care hospitalsElderly Medicare beneficiariesElderly Medicare patientsAge group 65Acute care hospitalsInpatients age 65Care hospitalFiscal year 1991Inpatient admissionsInpatients ageConnecticut hospitalsGroup 65Medicare patientsAge subgroupsMedicare beneficiariesThree-year study periodAge 65Study periodDRG groupsNumber of dischargesMedicare dischargesHospitalYear periodYears