2017
Availability, cost, and prescription patterns of antihypertensive medications in primary health care in China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey
Su M, Zhang Q, Bai X, Wu C, Li Y, Mossialos E, Mensah GA, Masoudi FA, Lu J, Li X, Salas-Vega S, Zhang A, Lu Y, Nasir K, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Availability, cost, and prescription patterns of antihypertensive medications in primary health care in China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey. The Lancet 2017, 390: 2559-2568. PMID: 29102087, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32476-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary health care sitesNationwide cross-sectional surveyAntihypertensive medicationsPrimary health carePrescription patternsCross-sectional surveyHealth care sitesHealth centersVillage clinicsPrimary health care providersCommunity health stationsBurden of hypertensionCommunity health centersHealth careCAMS Innovation FundHealth care providersHigh-cost medicationsTownship health centersBlood pressureFamily Planning CommissionMedication costsAffordable medicationsNational HealthHealth stationsMedications
2016
Data sharing through an NIH central database repository: a cross-sectional survey of BioLINCC users
Ross JS, Ritchie JD, Finn E, Desai NR, Lehman RL, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. Data sharing through an NIH central database repository: a cross-sectional survey of BioLINCC users. BMJ Open 2016, 6: e012769. PMID: 27670522, PMCID: PMC5051517, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012769.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Post-market clinical research conducted by medical device manufacturers: a cross-sectional survey
Ross JS, Blount KL, Ritchie JD, Hodshon B, Krumholz HM. Post-market clinical research conducted by medical device manufacturers: a cross-sectional survey. Medical Devices Evidence And Research 2015, Volume 8: 241-249. PMID: 26060416, PMCID: PMC4454210, DOI: 10.2147/mder.s82964.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Predictors of clinical trial data sharing: exploratory analysis of a cross-sectional survey
Rathi VK, Strait KM, Gross CP, Hrynaszkiewicz I, Joffe S, Krumholz HM, Dzara K, Ross JS. Predictors of clinical trial data sharing: exploratory analysis of a cross-sectional survey. Trials 2014, 15: 384. PMID: 25277128, PMCID: PMC4192345, DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccess to InformationAgedAttitude of Health PersonnelChi-Square DistributionClinical Trials as TopicCooperative BehaviorCross-Sectional StudiesDatabases, FactualFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInformation DisseminationInternetMaleMiddle AgedPerceptionRegistriesResearch PersonnelSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsTrial funding sourceExact testMain outcome measuresFisher's exact testCross-sectional surveyChi-square testClinical trialsTrial characteristicsOutcome measuresGeneral medical journalsClinical trialistsWeb-based surveyTrialistsExploratory analysisBackgroundA numberStatistical significanceSignificant differencesExternal investigatorsClinical trial data sharingTrialsMedical journalsPharmaceutical companiesFunding sourcesIndustry fundingPotential respondentsStrategies to reduce hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional and longitudinal survey
Bradley EH, Sipsma H, Brewster AL, Krumholz HM, Curry L. Strategies to reduce hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional and longitudinal survey. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2014, 14: 126. PMID: 25252826, PMCID: PMC4182840, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCooperative BehaviorCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Medical TechniciansHealth Care SurveysHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansInservice TrainingInterdisciplinary CommunicationLongitudinal StudiesMedical Order Entry SystemsMyocardial InfarctionOrganizational CulturePatient Care TeamQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionAMI mortality ratesPercentage of hospitalsMortality rateMyocardial infarctionAMI mortalityHospital AMI mortality ratesRisk-standardized mortality ratesEmergency medical services (EMS) providersHospital strategiesCross-sectional surveyPhysician order entryBackgroundSurvival ratesAMI careMedical service providersResultsBetween 2010HospitalU.S. hospitalsOrder entryRegular trainingInfarctionLongitudinal analysisHospital performanceMortalityCurrent use
2012
Sharing of clinical trial data among trialists: a cross sectional survey
Rathi V, Dzara K, Gross CP, Hrynaszkiewicz I, Joffe S, Krumholz HM, Strait KM, Ross JS. Sharing of clinical trial data among trialists: a cross sectional survey. The BMJ 2012, 345: e7570. PMID: 23169870, PMCID: PMC3502744, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7570.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical trial dataTrial dataGeneral medical journalsHigh-impact general medical journalsCross-sectional surveyDe-identified dataMedical journalsClinical trialsTrial fundersClinical trialistsSectional surveyTrialistsTrialsInvestigatorsExperiences of sharingPrevalence of dataPotential respondentsHigh impact factorAppropriate data usePrevalenceRespondentsHospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction.
Bradley EH, Curry LA, Spatz ES, Herrin J, Cherlin EJ, Curtis JP, Thompson JW, Ting HH, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 156: 618-26. PMID: 22547471, PMCID: PMC3386642, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-9-201205010-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionLower risk-standardized mortality ratesMyocardial infarctionNurse championsMortality rateHospital strategiesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesHospital-level factorsIntensive care unitAcute care hospitalsCardiac catheterization laboratoryCross-sectional surveyUnited Health FoundationCare hospitalCare unitCross-sectional designAMI casesAMI volumeCatheterization laboratoryHospital cliniciansHospitalMultivariate analysisPatientsHealth Foundation