2015
Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Expenditures for the Medicare Population Aged 65 Years or Older, 1999-2013
Krumholz HM, Nuti SV, Downing NS, Normand SL, Wang Y. Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Expenditures for the Medicare Population Aged 65 Years or Older, 1999-2013. JAMA 2015, 314: 355-365. PMID: 26219053, PMCID: PMC5459402, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.8035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonths of lifeMedicare beneficiariesService beneficiariesMedicare feeInpatient expendituresCause mortalitySerial cross-sectional analysisCause mortality ratesNumber of hospitalizationsIntensity of careUnique Medicare beneficiariesCross-sectional analysisPercentage of beneficiariesCause hospitalizationTotal hospitalizationsMore hospitalizationsHospitalization ratesMedicare denominatorInpatient filesHospitalizationMAIN OUTCOMEMortality rateMortalityHealth careKey demographic groups
2010
Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure
Chaudhry SI, Mattera JA, Curtis JP, Spertus JA, Herrin J, Lin Z, Phillips CO, Hodshon BV, Cooper LS, Krumholz HM. Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 363: 2301-2309. PMID: 21080835, PMCID: PMC3237394, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1010029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary end pointUsual care groupSecondary end pointsHeart failureEnd pointHeart failure outcomesNumber of hospitalizationsTelephone-based interactive voice response systemUsual careAdverse eventsPatient's clinicianMedian ageCare groupLarge trialsInteractive voice response systemPatientsSmall studyVoice response systemNumber of daysHospitalizationReadmissionTelemonitoringSignificant differencesCliniciansDeath