2018
Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates
Benchetrit L, Zimmerman C, Bao H, Dharmarajan K, Altaf F, Herrin J, Lin Z, Krumholz HM, Drye EE, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES. Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates. American Heart Journal 2018, 207: 19-26. PMID: 30404047, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccountable Care OrganizationsAgedAlgorithmsAnalysis of VarianceCardiovascular DiseasesComorbidityFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesMaleMedicare Part AMedicare Part BPatient AdmissionPatient DischargePatient-Centered CareSex DistributionTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsHeart failureAccountable care organizationsMean admission rateAdmission ratesAdmission typeAcute admission ratesNoncardiovascular conditionsAdmission diagnosisCause admission ratesMedicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care OrganizationsRate of hospitalizationPrincipal discharge diagnosisProportion of admissionsType of admissionNoncardiovascular causesHF admissionsHF patientsPerson yearsDischarge diagnosisPatient populationPatientsAdmissionKey quality metricDiagnosisSubstantial proportion
2017
Heterogeneity in Early Responses in ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial)
Dhruva SS, Huang C, Spatz ES, Coppi AC, Warner F, Li SX, Lin H, Xu X, Furberg CD, Davis BR, Pressel SL, Coifman RR, Krumholz HM. Heterogeneity in Early Responses in ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial). Hypertension 2017, 70: 94-102. PMID: 28559399, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.117.09221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntihypertensive therapySystolic blood pressure responseAdverse cardiovascular eventsFavorable initial responseBlood pressure responseHigher hazard ratioCardiovascular eventsCardiovascular outcomesHazard ratioMultivariable adjustmentHeart failureAverage SBPRandomized trialsOdds ratioCardiovascular diseaseSBPStudy participantsRespondersMonthsPressure responseImmediate respondersALLHATEarly responseInitial responseSuperior discrimination