2017
Comparing Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Large Teaching and Urban Hospitals in China and the United States
Zheng Z, Zhang H, Yuan X, Rao C, Zhao Y, Wang Y, Normand SL, Krumholz HM, Hu S. Comparing Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Large Teaching and Urban Hospitals in China and the United States. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2017, 10: e003327. PMID: 28611187, PMCID: PMC5482563, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.116.003327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChinaCoronary Artery BypassCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHospital Bed CapacityHospital MortalityHospitals, High-VolumeHospitals, TeachingHospitals, UrbanHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPrevalenceProcess Assessment, Health CarePropensity ScoreQuality Indicators, Health CareRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsIsolated CABG surgeryCoronary artery bypassUrban hospitalHospital mortalityArtery bypassCABG surgeryChinese Cardiac Surgery RegistryTotal hospital stayCardiac Surgery RegistryCoronary artery diseaseNational Inpatient SampleLarge teachingLength of staySignificant mortality differenceHospital staySecondary outcomesArtery diseasePrimary outcomeMedian lengthComparing outcomesInpatient SampleMortality differencesHigher ageHigh mortalityHospital
2008
Hospital Remoteness And Thirty-Day Mortality From Three Serious Conditions
Ross JS, Normand SL, Wang Y, Nallamothu BK, Lichtman JH, Krumholz HM. Hospital Remoteness And Thirty-Day Mortality From Three Serious Conditions. Health Affairs 2008, 27: 1707-1717. PMID: 18997230, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.6.1707.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesThirty-day mortalityAcute myocardial infarctionHigh-quality health careMedicare administrative dataGeographic remotenessHeart failureMyocardial infarctionSerious conditionMillions of AmericansRural U.S. communitiesMortality differencesMortality rateRural hospitalsSmaller mortality differencesHealth careAdministrative dataHospitalU.S. communitiesCareHospitalizationInfarctionPneumoniaMortality
2004
Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Volume and Patient Mortality, 1998–2000
Rathore SS, Epstein AJ, Volpp KG, Krumholz HM. Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Volume and Patient Mortality, 1998–2000. Annals Of Surgery 2004, 239: 110-117. PMID: 14685108, PMCID: PMC1356200, DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000103066.22732.b8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge DistributionAgedAnalysis of VarianceCause of DeathCoronary Artery BypassCoronary DiseaseFemaleHospital MortalityHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioOutcome Assessment, Health CareProbabilityRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSampling StudiesSex DistributionTotal Quality ManagementUnited StatesConceptsLow-volume hospitalsMedium-volume hospitalsHigh-volume hospitalsSurgery volumeMortality riskMortality rateNational Inpatient Sample databaseRisk-standardized mortality ratesHospital CABG volumeHospital mortality rateRisk of mortalityLower mortality riskHealth care purchasersHospital mortalityMultivariable adjustmentVolume hospitalsBorderline significanceCABG volumeRetrospective analysisVolume groupMortality differencesPatientsHospitalLeapfrog GroupReliable marker