2020
Association Between Medicare Expenditures and Adverse Events for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia in the United States
Wang Y, Eldridge N, Metersky ML, Sonnenfeld N, Rodrick D, Fine JM, Eckenrode S, Galusha DH, Tasimi A, Hunt DR, Bernheim SM, Normand ST, Krumholz HM. Association Between Medicare Expenditures and Adverse Events for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia in the United States. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e202142. PMID: 32259263, PMCID: PMC7139276, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMedicare Patient Safety Monitoring SystemAdverse event ratesAdverse eventsHeart failureMedicare expendituresService patientsMyocardial infarctionMedicare feeEvent ratesHigher adverse event ratesCare expendituresRisk-standardized ratesPatients 65 yearsAdverse event dataAcute care hospitalsCross-sectional studyFinal study sampleInpatient care expendituresRate of occurrenceDates of analysisPatient characteristicsCare hospitalMean ageInpatient care
2017
Trends in acute pericarditis hospitalizations and outcomes among the elderly in the USA, 1999–2012
Mody P, Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Imazio M, Krumholz HM. Trends in acute pericarditis hospitalizations and outcomes among the elderly in the USA, 1999–2012. European Heart Journal - Quality Of Care And Clinical Outcomes 2017, 4: 98-105. PMID: 29106473, PMCID: PMC6279101, DOI: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcx040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHospitalization ratesMortality rateReadmission ratesStudy periodCause readmission rateCause mortality ratesLong-term outcomesPrincipal discharge diagnosisRisk of pericarditisHealth care expendituresAcute pericarditisCardiac surgeryRenal diseaseDischarge diagnosisPericarditisHigh riskMedicare beneficiariesHospitalizationOlder adultsCare expendituresStayOutcomesRiskCause
1999
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes
Krumholz H. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes. Contemporary Cardiology 1999, 601-610. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-731-4_25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute coronary syndromeCoronary heart diseaseHealth care resourcesCost-effectiveness analysisHealth care systemHealth care expendituresCoronary syndromeCardiac eventsPharmacologic interventionsHeart diseaseEfficacious therapyCardiovascular diseaseCare resourcesNew interventionsCare expendituresCare systemHealth benefitsInterventionCare organizationsDiseaseTreatmentStandard practicePatientsHospitalSyndrome