2021
Incorporating Present-on-Admission Indicators in Medicare Claims to Inform Hospital Quality Measure Risk Adjustment Models
Triche EW, Xin X, Stackland S, Purvis D, Harris A, Yu H, Grady JN, Li SX, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Poyer J, Dorsey K. Incorporating Present-on-Admission Indicators in Medicare Claims to Inform Hospital Quality Measure Risk Adjustment Models. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e218512. PMID: 33978722, PMCID: PMC8116982, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPOA indicatorRisk factorsOutcome measuresQuality outcome measuresRisk-adjustment modelsClaims dataAdmission indicatorsPatient risk factorsAcute myocardial infarctionPatient-level outcomesAdministrative claims dataQuality improvement studyClaims-based measuresComparative effectiveness studiesPatient claims dataInternational Statistical ClassificationMortality outcome measuresRelated Health ProblemsHospital quality measuresRisk model performanceHospital stayIndex admissionCare algorithmHeart failureMortality outcomes
2019
Comparative Effectiveness of New Approaches to Improve Mortality Risk Models From Medicare Claims Data
Krumholz HM, Coppi AC, Warner F, Triche EW, Li SX, Mahajan S, Li Y, Bernheim SM, Grady J, Dorsey K, Lin Z, Normand ST. Comparative Effectiveness of New Approaches to Improve Mortality Risk Models From Medicare Claims Data. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e197314. PMID: 31314120, PMCID: PMC6647547, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.7314.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionICD-9-CM codesMortality risk modelHeart failureHospital admissionC-statisticMAIN OUTCOMEMortality rateRisk-standardized mortality ratesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesIndex admission diagnosisPatients 65 yearsDays of hospitalizationComparative effectiveness studiesClaims-based dataHospital-level performance measuresMedicare claims dataPatient-level modelsCMS modelRisk-adjustment modelsRisk modelHospital performance measuresAdmission diagnosisNinth RevisionMyocardial infarctionAssociation of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study
Nuti SV, Li SX, Xu X, Ott LS, Lagu T, Desai NR, Murugiah K, Duan M, Martin J, Kim N, Krumholz HM. Association of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research 2019, 19: 190. PMID: 30909904, PMCID: PMC6432744, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4018-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionPost-acute care costsPost-acute care utilizationOverall episode costsPremier Healthcare DatabaseHospital resource utilizationStudy of patientsCross-sectional studyGreater resource utilizationPost-acute periodHigh cost tertilesHigh-cost hospitalsHospital meanResultsAmong patientsReadmission ratesCare utilizationHospitalization costsEpisode costsMedicare feeTertileMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateHealthcare databasesService beneficiaries