2021
National Trends and Disparities in Hospitalization for Acute Hypertension Among Medicare Beneficiaries (1999–2019)
Lu Y, Wang Y, Spatz ES, Onuma O, Nasir K, Rodriguez F, Watson KE, Krumholz HM. National Trends and Disparities in Hospitalization for Acute Hypertension Among Medicare Beneficiaries (1999–2019). Circulation 2021, 144: 1683-1693. PMID: 34743531, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.121.057056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher hospitalization ratesAcute hypertensionHospitalization ratesMedicare feeService beneficiariesBlack adultsSerial cross-sectional analysisCause readmission rateNational hospitalization ratesPrimary discharge diagnosisAnnual hospitalization rateCause mortality ratesPoisson link functionDual-eligible statusMedicare/MedicaidCross-sectional analysisHypertension controlReadmission ratesDischarge diagnosisDiseases codesMedicare denominatorInpatient filesHypertensionInternational ClassificationMedicare beneficiariesTracking Self-reported Symptoms and Medical Conditions on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infodemiological Study
Ding Q, Massey D, Huang C, Grady CB, Lu Y, Cohen A, Matzner P, Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Kumar N, Xue Y, Dreyer R, Roy B, Krumholz HM. Tracking Self-reported Symptoms and Medical Conditions on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infodemiological Study. JMIR Public Health And Surveillance 2021, 7: e29413. PMID: 34517338, PMCID: PMC8480398, DOI: 10.2196/29413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdultCOVID-19FemaleHumansMalePandemicsPublic Health SurveillanceSelf ReportSocial MediaUnited States
2020
Agile Health Care Analytics: Enabling Real-Time Disease Surveillance With a Computational Health Platform
Schulz WL, Durant T, Torre CJ, Hsiao AL, Krumholz HM. Agile Health Care Analytics: Enabling Real-Time Disease Surveillance With a Computational Health Platform. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2020, 22: e18707. PMID: 32442130, PMCID: PMC7257473, DOI: 10.2196/18707.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReal-time dataHealth information technologyReal-world dataHealth platformInformation technologyCombination of technologiesReal timeSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Timely informationRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2PlatformRespiratory tract infectionsSyndrome coronavirus 2Health care systemTract infectionsCoronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreakIncident casesCoronavirus 2Novel applicationTechnologyAnalyticsHealth systemCare systemSpecific pathogens
2017
Quality of Care in the United States Territories, 1999–2012
Nuti SV, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Nunez-Smith M, Normand ST, Murugiah K, Rodríguez-Vilá O, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. Quality of Care in the United States Territories, 1999–2012. Medical Care 2017, 55: 886-892. PMID: 28906314, PMCID: PMC6482857, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureHospitalization ratesMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateService Medicare beneficiariesQuality of careRecent study periodPneumonia hospitalizationsMyocardial infarctionPatient outcomesMillions of AmericansMedicare feeHealth outcomesPneumoniaService beneficiariesHospital reimbursementUnique beneficiariesHealth equityStudy periodPatient paymentsInpatient paymentsHealth careMortalityCare