Featured Publications
All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19–Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020
Faust JS, Krumholz HM, Du C, Mayes KD, Lin Z, Gilman C, Walensky RP. All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19–Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020. JAMA 2021, 325: 785-787. PMID: 33325994, PMCID: PMC7745134, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.24243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation of Changing Hospital Readmission Rates With Mortality Rates After Hospital Discharge
Dharmarajan K, Wang Y, Lin Z, Normand ST, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Desai NR, Suter LG, Drye EE, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM. Association of Changing Hospital Readmission Rates With Mortality Rates After Hospital Discharge. JAMA 2017, 318: 270-278. PMID: 28719692, PMCID: PMC5817448, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.8444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-adjusted readmission ratesRisk-adjusted mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureReadmission ratesMortality rateMyocardial infarctionMedicare feeService beneficiariesHospital readmission ratesMean hospitalHospital mortalityPostdischarge mortalityHospital dischargeHospital readmissionRetrospective studyAffordable Care ActReadmission reductionMAIN OUTCOMEPneumoniaHospitalSecondary analysisWeighted Pearson correlation coefficientMortalityCare Act
2023
State-Level Excess Mortality and Potential Deaths Averted in US Adults During the Delta and Omicron Waves of COVID-19
Renton B, Du C, Chen A, Li S, Lin Z, Krumholz H, Faust J. State-Level Excess Mortality and Potential Deaths Averted in US Adults During the Delta and Omicron Waves of COVID-19. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2023, 39: 142-146. PMID: 37620716, PMCID: PMC10817860, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08374-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Mortality From Drug Overdoses, Homicides, Unintentional Injuries, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Suicides During the Pandemic, March-August 2020
Faust JS, Du C, Mayes KD, Li SX, Lin Z, Barnett ML, Krumholz HM. Mortality From Drug Overdoses, Homicides, Unintentional Injuries, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Suicides During the Pandemic, March-August 2020. JAMA 2021, 326: 84-86. PMID: 34019096, PMCID: PMC8140390, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.8012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research