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 reportingFailureRisk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations
Spatz ES, Lipska KJ, Dai Y, Bao H, Lin Z, Parzynski CS, Altaf FK, Joyce EK, Montague JA, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations. Medical Care 2016, 54: 528-537. PMID: 26918404, PMCID: PMC5356461, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure measuresAccountable care organizationsAcute admission ratesHeart failureAdmission ratesNational ratesUnplanned hospital admissionsHeart failure cohortRisk-adjustment variablesPopulation-based measuresCare organizationsOutcome measure developmentIntraclass correlation coefficientHospital admissionDiabetes measuresFailure cohortChronic conditionsMedicare feeDiabetesService beneficiariesPatientsMeet criteriaMeasures of qualitySocioeconomic statusPerformance categories
2013
Hospital-based, acute care after ambulatory surgery center discharge
Fox JP, Vashi AA, Ross JS, Gross CP. Hospital-based, acute care after ambulatory surgery center discharge. Surgery 2013, 155: 743-753. PMID: 24787100, PMCID: PMC4114736, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdmitting Department, HospitalAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmbulatory Care FacilitiesAmbulatory Surgical ProceduresCaliforniaEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFloridaHumansMaleMiddle AgedNebraskaOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient DischargePatient ReadmissionPatient TransferTime FactorsYoung AdultConceptsAmbulatory surgery centersAcute care ratesHospital transfer ratesTime of dischargeHospital transferSurgery centersAcute careAdult patientsCare ratesAcute care needsRate of needAmbulatory care centersPrimary outcomeCare centerOperative procedureAmbulatory careHealthcare costsCare needsPatientsCenter dischargeUtilization ProjectFirst weekMeasures of qualityCareCenter level