2023
Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions
Lipska K, Altaf F, Barthel A, Spatz E, Lin Z, Herrin J, Bernheim S, Drye E. Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions. JAMA Health Forum 2023, 4: e230081. PMID: 36897581, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsSocial risk factorsMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityRisk factorsChronic conditionsSocioeconomic status indexMeasure scoresAcute admissionsCohort studyDual eligibilityHealthcare ResearchDual-eligible patientsRetrospective cohort studyUnplanned hospital admissionsRisk of hospitalizationArea Health Resource FileService beneficiaries 65 yearsBeneficiaries 65 yearsRisk factor adjustmentStatus indexMedicare administrative claimsHospital admissionOutcome measuresAdministrative claimsMAIN OUTCOME
2020
Illuminating Hospital Disparities in Readmissions for Patients with Social Risk Factors: Comparing Hospital Performance Using Two Different Approaches
Herrin J, Peltz A, Zhou S, Du C, Barbo A, Charania S, Schwartz M, Lin Z, Bernheim S. Illuminating Hospital Disparities in Readmissions for Patients with Social Risk Factors: Comparing Hospital Performance Using Two Different Approaches. Health Services Research 2020, 55: 93-94. PMCID: PMC7440563, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial risk factorsAbsolute risk differenceDual eligibility statusHospital disparitiesRisk factorsDual eligibilityMedicare patientsReadmission ratesOdds ratioRisk differenceSocioeconomic disparitiesMedicare FFS patientsRetrospective cohort studyClinical risk factorsCommon clinical conditionHospitalized Medicare patientsSES indexStandard Analytic FilesVeterans Affairs hospitalEligibility statusMedicare Part AHospital outcomesCohort studyFFS patientsHospital readmission