2023
Association of Neighborhood-Level Marginalization With Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Catheterization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Single-Payer Health Care System
Akioyamen L, Abdel-Qadir H, Han L, Sud M, Mistry N, Alter D, Atzema C, Austin P, Bhatia R, Booth G, Dhalla I, Ha A, Jackevicius C, Kapral M, Krumholz H, Lee D, McNaughton C, Roifman I, Schull M, Sivaswamy A, Tu K, Udell J, Wijeysundera H, Ko D. Association of Neighborhood-Level Marginalization With Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Catheterization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Single-Payer Health Care System. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2023, 16: e010063. PMID: 38050754, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.123.010063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionHealth care systemHospital dischargeClinical outcomesSocioeconomic statusFirst acute myocardial infarctionProportional hazards regression modelsCare systemSecondary prevention medicationsWorse clinical outcomesHealth service usePopulation-based studyPrimary care physiciansHealth care useHazards regression modelsGreater long-term riskPrescription medication useSingle-payer health care systemUniversal health care systemLong-term riskLow socioeconomic statusCause mortalityDays postdischargePrevention medicationsIn-Hospital Observation on Oral Diuretics After Treatment for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Evaluating the Utility
Ivey-Miranda J, Rao V, Cox Z, Moreno-Villagomez J, Mahoney D, Maulion C, Bellumkonda L, Turner J, Collins S, Wilson F, Krumholz H, Testani J. In-Hospital Observation on Oral Diuretics After Treatment for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Evaluating the Utility. Circulation Heart Failure 2023, 16: e010206. PMID: 36896716, PMCID: PMC10186250, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.122.010206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute decompensated heart failureDecompensated heart failureDiuretic responseDiuretic dosingOral diureticsHeart failureMulticenter cohortHospital observationLower readmission ratesNet fluid balanceDays postdischargeReadmission ratesHospital readmissionUrine outputReadmission riskFluid statusFluid balanceHospital measuresDose selectionCohortProvider decisionsWeight changeReadmissionDiureticsPatients
1995
Readmission rates, 30 days and 365 days postdischarge, among the 20 most frequent DRG groups, Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Hennen J, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ, Meehan TP. Readmission rates, 30 days and 365 days postdischarge, among the 20 most frequent DRG groups, Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993. Connecticut Medicine 1995, 59: 263-70. PMID: 7600797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrude readmission ratesReadmission ratesDRG categoriesConnecticut acute care hospitalsAge 65Three-year study periodStudy periodElderly Medicare beneficiariesAcute care hospitalsInpatients age 65Days postdischargeFiscal year 1991Inpatient admissionsInpatients ageConnecticut hospitalsAge 75Medicare beneficiariesAge groupsDRG groupsSignificant decreaseHospitalCorresponding ratesAgeFY 1993Years