2013
Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study
Lindenauer PK, Lagu T, Rothberg MB, Avrunin J, Pekow PS, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study. The BMJ 2013, 346: f521. PMID: 23412830, PMCID: PMC3573180, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f521.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncome inequalityAcute myocardial infarctionUS statesRetrospective cohort studyDay of admissionHeart failureMyocardial infarctionCohort studyInequality levelsIndividual incomeGini coefficientUS acute care hospitalsHighest quarterDays of dischargeDays of hospitalizationRisk of readmissionRisk of deathPatient socioeconomic characteristicsRisk of mortalityAcute care hospitalsSocioeconomic characteristicsInequalityLogistic regression modelsCare hospitalReadmission analysis
2011
Quality of Care in the US Territories
Nunez-Smith M, Bradley EH, Herrin J, Santana C, Curry LA, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Quality of Care in the US Territories. JAMA Internal Medicine 2011, 171: 1528-1540. PMID: 21709184, PMCID: PMC3251926, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized readmission ratesRisk-standardized mortality ratesHeart failureMortality rateReadmission ratesProcess measuresHospital characteristicsHighest risk-standardized mortality ratesPrincipal discharge diagnosisQuality of careHealth care qualityDischarge diagnosisService patientsMyocardial infarctionTerritorial HospitalNonfederal hospitalsUS territoriesMedicare feePneumoniaHospitalCare qualityPatientsPerformance of hospitalsUS states