2020
2020 Update to the 2016 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures
Members W, Heidenreich P, Estes N, Fonarow G, Jurgens C, Kittleson M, Marine J, McManus D, McNamara R. 2020 Update to the 2016 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2020, 14: e000100. PMID: 33284642, DOI: 10.1161/hcq.0000000000000100.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Achieving Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging Proceedings From the American College of Cardiology–Duke University Medical Center Think Tank on Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging
Douglas P, Iskandrian AE, Krumholz HM, Gillam L, Hendel R, Jollis J, Peterson E, Douglas P, Chen J, Gillam L, Hendel R, Jollis J, Iskandrian A, Krumholz H, Masoudi F, Mohler E, McNamara R, Patel M, Peterson E, Spertus J. Achieving Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging Proceedings From the American College of Cardiology–Duke University Medical Center Think Tank on Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2006, 48: 2141-2151. PMID: 17113004, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.076.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Specialty of principal care physician and Medicare expenditures in patients with coronary artery disease: impact of comorbidity and severity.
McNamara R, Powe N, Thiemann D, Shaffer T, Weller W, Anderson G. Specialty of principal care physician and Medicare expenditures in patients with coronary artery disease: impact of comorbidity and severity. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2001, 7: 261-6. PMID: 11258143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrincipal care physicianCoronary artery diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionArtery diseaseCare physiciansUnstable anginaMean expenditureMyocardial infarctionChronic coronary artery diseaseMedicare expendituresProportion of patientsImpact of comorbiditiesLevel of comorbiditySeverity of diagnosisCharlson indexElderly patientsLow comorbidityPhysician typeAcute diagnosisChronic conditionsAcute diseaseChronic diseasesRetrospective analysisComorbiditiesPatients
1998
Capitation for cardiologists: Accepting risk for coronary artery disease under managed care
McNamara R, Powe N, Shaffer T, Thiemann D, Weller W, Anderson G. Capitation for cardiologists: Accepting risk for coronary artery disease under managed care. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1998, 82: 1178-1182. PMID: 9832090, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00602-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseMean annual expenditureArtery diseaseMedicare populationDemographic factorsGeneral Medicare populationCapitation ratesCertain chronic illnessesHigher mean expendituresMeasures of severityAnnual expenditureCharlson indexClinical factorsChronic diseasesChronic illnessDiseases codesClinical measuresCare plansInternational ClassificationPatientsNational random sampleMean expenditureDiseaseHigher expendituresComorbidities