2024
Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance
Nash K, Weerahandi H, Yu H, Venkatesh A, Holaday L, Herrin J, Lin Z, Horwitz L, Ross J, Bernheim S. Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance. JAMA 2024, 331: 111-123. PMID: 38193960, PMCID: PMC10777266, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack patientsPatient populationHospital characteristicsHospital-wide readmission measureDual-eligible patientsHospital patient populationCross-sectional studyMeasures of hospitalHealth care qualityPatient demographicsReadmission ratesClinical outcomesPatient raceEligible hospitalsReadmissionMAIN OUTCOMEReadmission measuresMedicare dataUS hospitalsHospitalCare qualityPatientsMedicaid ServicesOutcomesLower percentage
2019
Association Between Degrees of Separation in Physician Networks and Surgeons’ Use of Perioperative Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Shi Y, Pollack CE, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Christakis NA, Xu X, Gross CP. Association Between Degrees of Separation in Physician Networks and Surgeons’ Use of Perioperative Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Medical Care 2019, 57: 460-467. PMID: 31008899, PMCID: PMC6522278, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingPerioperative magnetic resonance imagingMRI useResonance imagingSurgeons' useBreast cancer carePatient-sharing networksPractice of surgeonsPairs of surgeonsUnproven benefitRetrospective studyPhysician pairsCancer carePractice patternsBreast cancerMRI utilizationMedicare dataSurgical colleaguesPatientsSurgeonsStudy periodPhysician networksCareAssociation