2023
Association of neighbourhood‐level material deprivation with adverse outcomes and processes of care among patients with heart failure in a single‐payer healthcare system: A population‐based cohort study
Bobrowski D, Dorovenis A, Abdel‐Qadir H, McNaughton C, Alonzo R, Fang J, Austin P, Udell J, Jackevicius C, Alter D, Atzema C, Bhatia R, Booth G, Ha A, Johnston S, Dhalla I, Kapral M, Krumholz H, Roifman I, Wijeysundera H, Ko D, Tu K, Ross H, Schull M, Lee D. Association of neighbourhood‐level material deprivation with adverse outcomes and processes of care among patients with heart failure in a single‐payer healthcare system: A population‐based cohort study. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2023, 25: 2274-2286. PMID: 37953731, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProcess of careCardiovascular hospitalizationHeart failureIncident heart failure patientsNeighbourhood-level material deprivationPopulation-based cohort studyAge groupsPopulation-based retrospective studyCause-specific hazards regressionCause-specific hospitalizationsHeart failure patientsAdvanced cardiac imagingNeighborhood material deprivationHealthcare systemSingle-payer healthcare systemMultiple covariate adjustmentOlder age groupsHigher hazardUniversal healthcare systemCardiology visitsDeprived neighbourhoodsCause deathCause mortalityCohort studyFailure patients
2003
Quality of Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Who Is Included in Quality Improvement Measurement?
Rathore SS, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Ordin DL, Krumholz HM. Quality of Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Who Is Included in Quality Improvement Measurement? Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2003, 51: 466-475. PMID: 12657065, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51154.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionReperfusion therapyOlder patientsMyocardial infarctionU.S. acute care hospitalsProportion of patientsAcute care hospitalsEffective treatment strategiesMedical record databaseOlder age groupsQuality of careQuality improvement measurementAdmission therapyDischarge therapyCare hospitalACE inhibitorsMedicare patientsTreatment strategiesRetrospective analysisMedicare beneficiariesPatientsEnzyme inhibitorsRecord databaseAge groupsTherapy
2001
Acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: differences by age
Mehta R, Rathore S, Radford M, Wang Y, Wang Y, Krumholz H. Acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: differences by age. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2001, 38: 736-741. PMID: 11527626, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01432-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionAge-associated differencesElderly patientsClinical characteristicsAge groupsMyocardial infarctionThirty-day mortality rateMedicare beneficiaries ageOne-year mortalityPrior coronary diseaseProportion of patientsST-segment elevationOlder age groupsSignificant age-associated differencesChest painEffect of ageOlder patientsRenal insufficiencyCoronary diseaseHeart failureHospital admissionPatient characteristicsSuccessive age groupsSymptom onsetDiabetic patients