2019
Persistent Use of Extended Fractionation Palliative Radiotherapy for Medicare Beneficiaries With Metastatic Breast Cancer, 2011 to 2014
Yu JB, Pollack CE, Herrin J, Zhu W, Soulos PR, Xu X, Gross CP. Persistent Use of Extended Fractionation Palliative Radiotherapy for Medicare Beneficiaries With Metastatic Breast Cancer, 2011 to 2014. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 42: 493-499. PMID: 31033511, PMCID: PMC6538429, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative radiotherapyBone metastasesMedicare beneficiariesBreast cancerAssociation of clinicalProportion of patientsChoice of treatmentHospital-based practiceService Medicare beneficiariesSingle-fraction treatmentProvider financial incentivesLogistic regression modelsDifferent fractionation schemesProlonged courseRadiation courseRadiotherapy usePayer perspectiveProvider characteristicsMean costMultiple guidelinesPatientsRadiotherapyMetastasisCancerNumber of days
2018
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization
Horwitz LI, Wang Y, Altaf FK, Wang C, Lin Z, Liu S, Grady J, Bernheim SM, Desai NR, Venkatesh AK, Herrin J. Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization. Medical Care 2018, 56: 281-289. PMID: 29462075, PMCID: PMC6170884, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFee-for-Service PlansHeart FailureHospital AdministrationHospitals, PublicHumansMedicareMyocardial InfarctionNursing Staff, HospitalOwnershipPatient ReadmissionPneumoniaResidence CharacteristicsRetrospective StudiesSafety-net ProvidersUnited StatesConceptsAcute care utilizationAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureCare utilizationAcute careMyocardial infarctionHospital characteristicsNet hospitalExcess daysPublic hospitalsNonsafety net hospitalsHigher readmission ratesEmergency department utilizationProportion of hospitalsAcute care hospitalsSafety-net hospitalService Medicare beneficiariesLarge urban hospitalMajor teaching hospitalType of hospitalCross-sectional analysisPostdischarge utilizationHospital dischargeHospital factorsReadmission ratesEffect of Hospital Readmission Reduction on Patients at Low, Medium, and High Risk of Readmission in the Medicare Population
Blecker S, Herrin J, Kwon JY, Grady JN, Jones S, Horwitz LI. Effect of Hospital Readmission Reduction on Patients at Low, Medium, and High Risk of Readmission in the Medicare Population. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2018, 13: 537-543. PMID: 29455229, PMCID: PMC6063766, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2936.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Race, Quality of Care, and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Rathore SS, Foody JM, Wang Y, Smith GL, Herrin J, Masoudi FA, Wolfe P, Havranek EP, Ordin DL, Krumholz HM. Race, Quality of Care, and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. JAMA 2003, 289: 2517-2524. PMID: 12759323, DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.19.2517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsBlack or African AmericanFee-for-Service PlansFemaleHeart FailureHospitalsHumansMaleMedicareMultivariate AnalysisOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient ReadmissionQuality of Health CareRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesVentricular Function, LeftWhite PeopleConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionQuality of careACE inhibitor useWhite patientsBlack patientsHeart failureYear of dischargeACE inhibitorsMultivariable adjustmentInhibitor useLVEF assessmentCrude rateMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateAngiotensin receptor blocker useNational Heart Failure ProjectBlack Medicare patientsHeart Failure ProjectPrescription of angiotensinReceptor blocker useHigh rateVentricular ejection fractionYear of admissionHigher crude ratesService Medicare beneficiaries