2013
Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
Cook NL, Bonds DE, Kiefe CI, Curtis JP, Krumholz HM, Kressin NR, Peterson ED. Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2013, 6: 223-228. PMID: 23481526, PMCID: PMC3684990, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.0b013e31828e8d5c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiovascular DiseasesContinuity of Patient CareCooperative BehaviorHealth Care ReformHealth Services ResearchHealthcare DisparitiesHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationInterinstitutional RelationsMulticenter Studies as TopicNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.)Organizational ObjectivesOutcome Assessment, Health CareProgram DevelopmentProgram EvaluationQuality Indicators, Health CareQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsCardiovascular Outcomes ResearchOutcomes research programsBlood InstituteNational HeartCardiovascular conditionsCross-program collaborationOutcomes researchAcute coronary syndromeBetter patient outcomesQuality of lifeCoronary syndromeVenous thromboembolismClinical eventsCare transitionsPatient outcomesDisparate careEarly-stage investigatorsClinical practiceTranslational gapLungNational InstituteHealthcare deliveryOutcomesHeartCare
2007
Opening of Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Use of Coronary Revascularization in Medicare Beneficiaries
Nallamothu BK, Rogers MA, Chernew ME, Krumholz HM, Eagle KA, Birkmeyer JD. Opening of Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Use of Coronary Revascularization in Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA 2007, 297: 962-968. PMID: 17341710, DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.9.962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCardiac Care FacilitiesCardiology Service, HospitalCatchment Area, HealthCoronary Artery BypassHealth Care SurveysHealth Services Needs and DemandHospitals, GeneralHumansLinear ModelsMedicareMyocardial RevascularizationPractice Patterns, Physicians'Program DevelopmentReimbursement, IncentiveUnited StatesUtilization ReviewConceptsHospital referral regionsPopulation-based ratesSpecialty cardiac hospitalsCardiac hospitalTotal revascularizationCoronary revascularizationGeneral HospitalMedicare beneficiariesCardiac programAnnual population-based ratesAcute myocardial infarctionCost-efficient careMyocardial infarctionAdjusted ratesRevascularizationReferral regionsProcedure utilizationHospitalCABGPCIPatientsLinear regression modelsRegression modelsRelative increaseHealth care market