2017
Identification of Emergency Department Visits in Medicare Administrative Claims: Approaches and Implications
Venkatesh AK, Mei H, Kocher KE, Granovsky M, Obermeyer Z, Spatz E, Rothenberg C, Krumholz H, Lin Z. Identification of Emergency Department Visits in Medicare Administrative Claims: Approaches and Implications. Academic Emergency Medicine 2017, 24: 422-431. PMID: 27864915, PMCID: PMC5905698, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED visitsEmergency department visitsClaims-based definitionED visitationAdministrative claimsDepartment visitsClaims dataAdministrative claims data setsHealthcare resource utilizationMore ED visitsAcute care practiceAdministrative claims dataQuality improvement interventionsEmergency care researchMedicare administrative claimsClaims data setsED useCritical careED servicesMedicare feeMedicare dataCare practicesService beneficiariesImprovement interventionsProvider definitions
2011
National Trends in Use of Computed Tomography in the Emergency Department
Kocher KE, Meurer WJ, Fazel R, Scott PA, Krumholz HM, Nallamothu BK. National Trends in Use of Computed Tomography in the Emergency Department. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2011, 58: 452-462.e3. PMID: 21835499, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.05.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentCT useComputed tomographyED visitsRisk ratioNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyShortness of breathLikelihood of admissionSpecific emergency departmentLarge nationwide surveyAbdominal painChest painFlank painAcute illnessED encountersRetrospective studyCare SurveyCommon complaintPatient visitsMultivariable modelingCT scanMAIN OUTCOMEED servicesPain