2020
Associations Between the Severity of Influenza Seasons and Mortality and Readmission Risks After Elective Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Older Adults
Mori M, Wang Y, Mahajan S, Geirsson A, Krumholz HM. Associations Between the Severity of Influenza Seasons and Mortality and Readmission Risks After Elective Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Older Adults. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2031078. PMID: 33355673, PMCID: PMC7758803, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.31078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementElective surgical aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementValve replacementReadmission riskCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryOlder adultsBypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypassCross-sectional studyArtery bypassGraft surgeryInfluenza seasonMedicaid ServicesMortalitySeverityAdultsRiskAssociationSurgeryBypass
2019
Development and Testing of Improved Models to Predict Payment Using Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Claims Data
Krumholz HM, Warner F, Coppi A, Triche EW, Li SX, Mahajan S, Li Y, Bernheim SM, Grady J, Dorsey K, Desai NR, Lin Z, Normand ST. Development and Testing of Improved Models to Predict Payment Using Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Claims Data. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e198406. PMID: 31411709, PMCID: PMC6694388, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.8406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePopulation-based programsPOA codesSingle diagnostic codeDiagnostic codesComparative effectiveness research studyPublic reportingIndex admission diagnosisDays of hospitalizationClinical Modification codesService claims dataAcute care hospitalsMultiple care settingsPatient-level modelsAdmission diagnosisTotal hospitalizationsCare hospitalPrevious diagnosisNinth RevisionMyocardial infarctionCandidate variablesCare settingsClaims dataMAIN OUTCOMEComparative 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 infarction