2015
National Quality Assessment Evaluating Spironolactone Use During Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in China: China Patient‐centered Evaluation Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)‐Retrospective AMI Study, 2001, 2006, and 2011
Guan W, Murugiah K, Downing N, Li J, Wang Q, Ross JS, Desai NR, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Li X, Krumholz HM, Jiang L, Group T. National Quality Assessment Evaluating Spironolactone Use During Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in China: China Patient‐centered Evaluation Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)‐Retrospective AMI Study, 2001, 2006, and 2011. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e001718. PMID: 26071031, PMCID: PMC4599529, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureMyocardial infarctionUse of spironolactoneNational practice patternsProportion of patientsAssessment of eligibilitySpironolactone useAldosterone antagonistsSystolic dysfunctionCardiac eventsAMI patientsChina PatientPatient eligibilityPatient groupUnknown indicationPractice patternsIdeal patientPatientsSpironolactoneEligibilityAppropriate useInfarctionDiabetesNational quality assessment
2002
Reporting the recruitment process in clinical trials: who are these patients and how did they get there?
Gross CP, Mallory R, Heiat A, Krumholz HM. Reporting the recruitment process in clinical trials: who are these patients and how did they get there? Annals Of Internal Medicine 2002, 137: 10-6. PMID: 12093240, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-1-200207020-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of personsMedian proportionPotential study participantsMedical journalsClinical trialsEligible personsHigh-impact medical journalsGeneral populationRCTsMajor medical journalsStudy participantsPatient recruitment processStudy sampleTrialsEligibilityPersonsExplicit reviewProportionEnrollment processParticipantsPatients
2001
The case for comprehensive quality indicator reliability assessment
Scinto J, Galusha D, Krumholz H, Meehan T. The case for comprehensive quality indicator reliability assessment. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2001, 54: 1103-1111. PMID: 11675161, DOI: 10.1016/s0895-4356(01)00381-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComposite quality indicatorHospital medical recordsProcess of careRecent dischargeKappa valuesPrevalence effectBias-adjusted kappaHospital arrivalAntibiotic administrationMedical recordsOverall eligibilityOxygenation assessmentQuality indicatorsCareKappa statisticsInterrater agreementKappaEligibility