2009
Mortality and Readmission for Patients With Heart Failure Among U.S. News & World Report’s Top Heart Hospitals
Mulvey GK, Wang Y, Lin Z, Wang OJ, Chen J, Keenan PS, Drye EE, Rathore SS, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Mortality and Readmission for Patients With Heart Failure Among U.S. News & World Report’s Top Heart Hospitals. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2009, 2: 558-565. PMID: 20031893, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.108.826784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized readmission ratesReadmission ratesHeart failureMortality rateBest HospitalsAmerica's Best HospitalsMedical administrative dataReadmission analysisHeart HospitalHeart surgeryCardiac conditionsPatientsHospitalMortality analysisReadmissionAdministrative dataHierarchical regression modelsWorld ReportRegression modelsFailureReportSurgeryMortalityRate
2004
Differences, disparities, and biases: clarifying racial variations in health care use.
Rathore SS, Krumholz HM. Differences, disparities, and biases: clarifying racial variations in health care use. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2004, 141: 635-8. PMID: 15492343, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care useCare useRacial variationRacial differencesHealth care system factorsAdverse consequencesClinical factorsClinical contraindicationsTreatment eligibilityPatient preferencesObservational studyEvidence of differencesMedical literatureRacial disparitiesHealth careInitial reportSystem factorsDifferent causesTreatmentReports of variationReportDisparitiesContraindicationsDifferencesCare
1997
Reporting ejection fraction after myocardial infarction: an opportunity for quality improvement in echocardiography.
Goldberg DJ, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Reporting ejection fraction after myocardial infarction: an opportunity for quality improvement in echocardiography. Connecticut Medicine 1997, 61: 143-5. PMID: 9097485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionEjection fractionLeft ventricular ejection fractionVentricular ejection fractionVentricular systolic functionAcute myocardial infarctionCare of patientsSystolic functionVentricular functionEchocardiography studyMedicare beneficiariesInfarctionEchocardiographyReportPrincipal findings