2017
Hospital-Readmission Risk — Isolating Hospital Effects from Patient Effects
Krumholz HM, Wang K, Lin Z, Dharmarajan K, Horwitz LI, Ross JS, Drye EE, Bernheim SM, Normand ST. Hospital-Readmission Risk — Isolating Hospital Effects from Patient Effects. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 1055-1064. PMID: 28902587, PMCID: PMC5671772, DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa1702321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized readmission ratesReadmission ratesObserved readmission ratesSimilar diagnosesHospital effectsDifferent hospitalsHospital readmission performanceRate of readmissionHospital readmission ratesLower readmission ratesStudy sampleYears of ageSignificant differencesMultiple admissionsReadmission outcomesOnly significant differencePatient effectsSame patientMedicare recipientsPatientsReadmission performanceRisk-standardized hospital readmission ratesHospitalHospital qualityQuartile
2014
Trends in Hospitalizations and Outcomes for Acute Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, 1999–2011
Krumholz HM, Normand SL, Wang Y. Trends in Hospitalizations and Outcomes for Acute Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, 1999–2011. Circulation 2014, 130: 966-975. PMID: 25135276, PMCID: PMC4171056, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.007787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular diseaseIschemic strokeUnstable anginaHeart failureMyocardial infarctionNational Medicare dataYears of ageQuality of careDemographic subgroupsReadmission outcomesHospitalization ratesMortality overallService patientsCardiovascular conditionsAdjusted ratesHospitalizationMedicare dataMortality rateStrokeMortalityDiseaseAnginaReadmissionInfarction