2016
Hospital Use of Observation Stays
Venkatesh AK, Wang C, Ross JS, Altaf FK, Suter LG, Vellanky S, Grady JN, Bernheim SM. Hospital Use of Observation Stays. Medical Care 2016, 54: 1070-1077. PMID: 27579906, PMCID: PMC5850934, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized readmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionObservation staysHeart failureReadmission measuresHospital useHospital risk-standardized readmission ratesCross-sectional analysisModest inverse correlationPostdischarge periodReadmission ratesHospital observationMyocardial infarctionMedicare feeStayPneumoniaService beneficiariesMeasures of qualityMedicaid ServicesHospitalInverse correlationModest correlationReadmissionPublic reportingFailure
2001
Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers
Lyder C, Preston J, Grady J, Scinto J, Allman R, Bergstrom N, Rodeheaver G. Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers. JAMA Internal Medicine 2001, 161: 1549-1554. PMID: 11427104, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.12.1549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge DistributionAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleGuideline AdherenceHospital UnitsHumansIncidenceLength of StayMaleMedicarePressure UlcerProcess Assessment, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSex DistributionUnited StatesConceptsProcess of careDaily skin assessmentPressure ulcersPressure ulcer predictionNutritional consultationSkin assessmentMedicare patientsPressure-reducing devicesUS hospitalsMulticenter retrospective cohort studyStage 1 pressure ulcersState's peer review organizationKaplan-Meier survival analysisNutritional risk factorsRetrospective cohort studyCongestive heart failureMedical record abstractionAcute care hospitalsPressure ulcer developmentQuality of careCohort studyCare hospitalHeart failureRecord abstractionPeer review organizations