2014
Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission.
Horwitz LI, Partovian C, Lin Z, Grady JN, Herrin J, Conover M, Montague J, Dillaway C, Bartczak K, Suter LG, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2014, 161: s66-75. PMID: 25402406, PMCID: PMC4235629, DOI: 10.7326/m13-3000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned readmissionReadmission measuresReadmission ratesReadmission riskMedicare feeHospital-wide readmission measureRisk-standardized readmission ratesPayer dataAdministrative Claims MeasureRisk-standardized ratesAverage-risk patientsUnplanned readmission rateDays of dischargeHospital risk-standardized readmission ratesAdult hospitalizationsComorbid conditionsPrincipal diagnosisClaims dataService claimsService beneficiariesReadmissionMeasure development studiesMedicaid ServicesRisk adjustmentHospital
2005
Times to Treatment in Transfer Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States
Nallamothu BK, Bates ER, Herrin J, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Krumholz HM. Times to Treatment in Transfer Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States. Circulation 2005, 111: 761-767. PMID: 15699253, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000155258.44268.f8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary PCIPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionBalloon timeTransfer patientsCoronary interventionInterhospital transferMyocardial infarctionTotal doorRecent clinical trialsSpecific ECG findingsMultivariable hierarchical modelsChest painHospital presentationInitial hospitalFibrinolytic therapyPCI hospitalsPrimary outcomeSymptom onsetComorbid conditionsTreatment delayECG findingsHospital characteristicsNational registry