2018
Variation in the Diagnosis of Aspiration Pneumonia and Association with Hospital Pneumonia Outcomes
Lindenauer PK, Strait KM, Grady JN, Ngo CK, Parisi ML, Metersky M, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Dorsey K. Variation in the Diagnosis of Aspiration Pneumonia and Association with Hospital Pneumonia Outcomes. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2018, 15: 562-569. PMID: 29298090, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201709-728oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAspiration pneumoniaHospital mortalityHospital patientsMortality rateLower risk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized ratesPatients 65 yearsHospital readmission ratesNational mortality ratesPneumonia cohortPneumonia outcomesHospital outcomesReadmission ratesHospital differencesPrincipal diagnosisOutcome measuresReadmission measuresHospital codingMedicare feePneumoniaService claimsPatientsMedian proportionMortality
2016
Hospital Use of Observation Stays
Venkatesh AK, Wang C, Ross JS, Altaf FK, Suter LG, Vellanky S, Grady JN, Bernheim SM. Hospital Use of Observation Stays. Medical Care 2016, 54: 1070-1077. PMID: 27579906, PMCID: PMC5850934, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized readmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionObservation staysHeart failureReadmission measuresHospital useHospital risk-standardized readmission ratesCross-sectional analysisModest inverse correlationPostdischarge periodReadmission ratesHospital observationMyocardial infarctionMedicare feeStayPneumoniaService beneficiariesMeasures of qualityMedicaid ServicesHospitalInverse correlationModest correlationReadmissionPublic reportingFailure
2014
National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release
Suter LG, Li SX, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Bhat KR, Turkmani D, Spivack SB, Lindenauer PK, Merrill AR, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 29: 1333-1340. PMID: 24825244, PMCID: PMC4175654, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2862-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePneumonia mortalityMyocardial infarctionMedian risk-standardized mortality rateHospital-level mortalityUnplanned readmission ratePrincipal discharge diagnosisHospital performanceRisk-Standardized MortalityHF mortalityReadmission resultsReadmission ratesDischarge diagnosisOutcome measuresAMI mortalityReadmission measuresPneumoniaMortality rateService MedicareHierarchical logistic modelsMortalityMedicaid ServicesReadmission
2010
The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia
Lindenauer PK, Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Normand S, Krumholz HM. The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2010, 5: e12-e18. PMID: 20665626, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesReadmission ratesHospital referral regionsReferral regionsMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateRisk-standardized readmission ratesNonfederal acute care hospitalsNational quality improvement effortsPattern of hospitalAcute care hospitalsCross-sectional studyService Medicare beneficiariesQuality improvement effortsMedian hospitalHospital dischargeElderly patientsHospital admissionCare hospitalReadmission analysisOutpatient MedicareLeading causePrincipal diagnosisPneumoniaPatients