2013
Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study
Lindenauer PK, Lagu T, Rothberg MB, Avrunin J, Pekow PS, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study. The BMJ 2013, 346: f521. PMID: 23412830, PMCID: PMC3573180, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f521.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncome inequalityAcute myocardial infarctionUS statesRetrospective cohort studyDay of admissionHeart failureMyocardial infarctionCohort studyInequality levelsIndividual incomeGini coefficientUS acute care hospitalsHighest quarterDays of dischargeDays of hospitalizationRisk of readmissionRisk of deathPatient socioeconomic characteristicsRisk of mortalityAcute care hospitalsSocioeconomic characteristicsInequalityLogistic regression modelsCare hospitalReadmission analysis
2010
The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia
Lindenauer PK, Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Normand S, Krumholz HM. The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2010, 5: e12-e18. PMID: 20665626, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesReadmission ratesHospital referral regionsReferral regionsMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateRisk-standardized readmission ratesNonfederal acute care hospitalsNational quality improvement effortsPattern of hospitalAcute care hospitalsCross-sectional studyService Medicare beneficiariesQuality improvement effortsMedian hospitalHospital dischargeElderly patientsHospital admissionCare hospitalReadmission analysisOutpatient MedicareLeading causePrincipal diagnosisPneumoniaPatients
2009
Mortality and Readmission for Patients With Heart Failure Among U.S. News & World Report’s Top Heart Hospitals
Mulvey GK, Wang Y, Lin Z, Wang OJ, Chen J, Keenan PS, Drye EE, Rathore SS, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Mortality and Readmission for Patients With Heart Failure Among U.S. News & World Report’s Top Heart Hospitals. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2009, 2: 558-565. PMID: 20031893, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.108.826784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized readmission ratesReadmission ratesHeart failureMortality rateBest HospitalsAmerica's Best HospitalsMedical administrative dataReadmission analysisHeart HospitalHeart surgeryCardiac conditionsPatientsHospitalMortality analysisReadmissionAdministrative dataHierarchical regression modelsWorld ReportRegression modelsFailureReportSurgeryMortalityRate