2016
Association Between Hospital Performance on Patient Safety and 30‐Day Mortality and Unplanned Readmission for Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Wang Y, Eldridge N, Metersky ML, Sonnenfeld N, Fine JM, Pandolfi MM, Eckenrode S, Bakullari A, Galusha DH, Jaser L, Verzier NR, Nuti SV, Hunt D, Normand S, Krumholz HM. Association Between Hospital Performance on Patient Safety and 30‐Day Mortality and Unplanned Readmission for Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e003731. PMID: 27405808, PMCID: PMC5015406, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.003731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCause of DeathCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Fee-for-Service PlansFemaleHospitalsHospitals, RuralHospitals, VoluntaryHumansMaleMedicareMortalityMyocardial InfarctionPatient ReadmissionPatient SafetyPrognosisUnited StatesUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionUnplanned readmission rateMedicare Patient Safety Monitoring SystemRisk-standardized mortalityAdverse eventsReadmission ratesService patientsMedicare feeUnplanned readmissionMyocardial infarctionMedicare patientsPatient safetyHospital performanceMore adverse eventsAdverse event ratesAcute care hospitalsPatient safety dataHospital mortalityAdverse event measuresCause mortalityOccurrence rateCare hospitalHospital characteristicsReadmission dataPatient safety performance
2015
Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data
Horwitz LI, Grady JN, Cohen DB, Lin Z, Volpe M, Ngo CK, Masica AL, Long T, Wang J, Keenan M, Montague J, Suter LG, Ross JS, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 10: 670-677. PMID: 26149225, PMCID: PMC5459369, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAlgorithmsFee-for-Service PlansHospitals, VoluntaryHumansInsurance Claim ReviewMedicarePatient ReadmissionSensitivity and SpecificityUnited StatesConceptsSame-hospital readmissionsNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valuePredictive valueReadmission measuresHospital-wide readmission measureGold standard chart reviewAdministrative claims-based algorithmDiagnostic cardiac catheterizationClaims-based algorithmLarge teaching centersAcute care hospitalsSmall community hospitalUnplanned readmissionChart reviewCardiac catheterizationScheduled careSpecificity 96.5Community hospitalReadmissionClaims dataCardiac devicesHealth systemTeaching centerPublic reporting
2013
For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery
Sen S, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Roberts KB, Yu JB, Lesnikoski BA, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery. Surgery 2013, 155: 776-788. PMID: 24787104, PMCID: PMC4008843, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital ownership statusBreast-conserving operationsBreast-conserving surgeryUse of brachytherapyRadiation therapyOperative careBreast cancerMedicare beneficiariesOverall useReceipt of brachytherapyAdjuvant radiation therapyInvasive breast cancerFemale Medicare beneficiariesGreater overall useYears of ageShort life expectancyRetrospective studyRT modalityProfit hospitalsExpensive modalityOlder womenBrachytherapy useBreast brachytherapyHospitalBrachytherapy