2017
Hospital-Readmission Risk — Isolating Hospital Effects from Patient Effects
Krumholz HM, Wang K, Lin Z, Dharmarajan K, Horwitz LI, Ross JS, Drye EE, Bernheim SM, Normand ST. Hospital-Readmission Risk — Isolating Hospital Effects from Patient Effects. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 1055-1064. PMID: 28902587, PMCID: PMC5671772, DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa1702321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized readmission ratesReadmission ratesObserved readmission ratesSimilar diagnosesHospital effectsDifferent hospitalsHospital readmission performanceRate of readmissionHospital readmission ratesLower readmission ratesStudy sampleYears of ageSignificant differencesMultiple admissionsReadmission outcomesOnly significant differencePatient effectsSame patientMedicare recipientsPatientsReadmission performanceRisk-standardized hospital readmission ratesHospitalHospital qualityQuartile
2002
Randomized trial of an education and support intervention to preventreadmission of patients with heart failure
Krumholz HM, Amatruda J, Smith GL, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, Crombie P, Vaccarino V. Randomized trial of an education and support intervention to preventreadmission of patients with heart failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2002, 39: 83-89. PMID: 11755291, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01699-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureSupport interventionsIntervention groupControl groupHospital readmission costsOne-year readmissionRate of readmissionAdverse clinical outcomesCost of careDisease management programsReadmission costsClinical outcomesHospital costsReadmissionLower riskPatientsOne-yearDemographic characteristicsInterventionTrialsGroupFormal educationTotal numberMedical componentsFailure