2021
Forgone Medical Care Associated With Increased Health Care Costs Among the U.S. Heart Failure Population
Thomas A, Valero-Elizondo J, Khera R, Warraich HJ, Reinhardt SW, Ali HJ, Nasir K, Desai NR. Forgone Medical Care Associated With Increased Health Care Costs Among the U.S. Heart Failure Population. JACC Heart Failure 2021, 9: 710-719. PMID: 34391737, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.05.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedEmergency Service, HospitalHealth Care CostsHealth ExpendituresHeart FailureHumansPrevalenceUnited StatesConceptsHeart failureHealth care utilizationHealth care costsHealth care expendituresCare utilizationCare costsMedical careMore emergency department visitsTotal health care costsCare expendituresAnnual health careAnnual inpatient costsPrevalence of patientsEmergency department visitsMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyOverall health care spendingHF patientsElderly patientsCare AssociatedDepartment visitsFailure populationInpatient costsHealth care spendingLeading causePatients
2018
Effect of Race on Outcomes Following Early Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography or Standard Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Chest Pain.
Reinhardt SW, Babatunde A, Novak E, Brown DL. Effect of Race on Outcomes Following Early Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography or Standard Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Chest Pain. Ethnicity & Disease 2018, 28: 517-524. PMID: 30405295, PMCID: PMC6200301, DOI: 10.18865/ed.28.4.517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute coronary syndromeEmergency department evaluationChest painMedian LOSDepartment evaluationCaucasian patientsDownstream testingMyocardial ischemia/infarctionRadiation exposureDirect ED dischargeStandard ED evaluationAcute chest painRecurrent chest painLength of stayCumulative radiation exposureIschemia/infarctionGreater radiation exposureStandard evaluationEarly CCTAIndex visitCoronary syndromeED dischargeED evaluationED visitsHospital admissionNoninvasive Cardiac Testing vs Clinical Evaluation Alone in Acute Chest Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the ROMICAT-II Randomized Clinical Trial
Reinhardt SW, Lin CJ, Novak E, Brown DL. Noninvasive Cardiac Testing vs Clinical Evaluation Alone in Acute Chest Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the ROMICAT-II Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine 2018, 178: 212-219. PMID: 29138794, PMCID: PMC5838790, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsLength of stayAcute chest painAcute coronary syndromePercutaneous coronary interventionChest painClinical evaluationCumulative radiation exposureNoninvasive testingEmergency departmentIndex visitED visitsRadiation exposureDownstream testingCoronary artery bypass surgeryRate of PCILonger LOSShorter LOSMyocardial ischemia/infarctionDirect ED dischargeAdverse cardiac eventsRecurrent chest painSafety end pointArtery bypass surgeryNoninvasive cardiac testing