Association of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study
Nuti SV, Li SX, Xu X, Ott LS, Lagu T, Desai NR, Murugiah K, Duan M, Martin J, Kim N, Krumholz HM. Association of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research 2019, 19: 190. PMID: 30909904, PMCID: PMC6432744, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4018-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionPost-acute care costsPost-acute care utilizationOverall episode costsPremier Healthcare DatabaseHospital resource utilizationStudy of patientsCross-sectional studyGreater resource utilizationPost-acute periodHigh cost tertilesHigh-cost hospitalsHospital meanResultsAmong patientsReadmission ratesCare utilizationHospitalization costsEpisode costsMedicare feeTertileMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateHealthcare databasesService beneficiaries