2023
Data Sharing — A New Era for Research Funded by the U.S. Government
Ross J, Waldstreicher J, Krumholz H. Data Sharing — A New Era for Research Funded by the U.S. Government. New England Journal Of Medicine 2023, 389: 2408-2410. PMID: 37966303, DOI: 10.1056/nejmp2308792.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Improvements in the Distribution of Hospital Performance for the Care of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia, 2006–2011
Nuti SV, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Bratzler DW, Bernheim SM, Murugiah K, Krumholz HM. Improvements in the Distribution of Hospital Performance for the Care of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia, 2006–2011. Medical Care 2015, 53: 485-491. PMID: 25906012, PMCID: PMC8635168, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000358.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery
Sen S, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Roberts KB, Yu JB, Lesnikoski BA, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery. Surgery 2013, 155: 776-788. PMID: 24787104, PMCID: PMC4008843, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital ownership statusBreast-conserving operationsBreast-conserving surgeryUse of brachytherapyRadiation therapyOperative careBreast cancerMedicare beneficiariesOverall useReceipt of brachytherapyAdjuvant radiation therapyInvasive breast cancerFemale Medicare beneficiariesGreater overall useYears of ageShort life expectancyRetrospective studyRT modalityProfit hospitalsExpensive modalityOlder womenBrachytherapy useBreast brachytherapyHospitalBrachytherapy
2012
Correlations among risk‐standardized mortality rates and among risk‐standardized readmission rates within hospitals
Horwitz LI, Wang Y, Desai MM, Curry LA, Bradley EH, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Correlations among risk‐standardized mortality rates and among risk‐standardized readmission rates within hospitals. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2012, 7: 690-696. PMID: 22865546, PMCID: PMC3535010, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized readmission ratesReadmission ratesRisk-standardized mortalityHeart failureMortality rateReadmission measuresUS hospitalsMortality measuresCross-sectional studyMortality cohortReadmission cohortHospital outcomesSame hospitalMyocardial infarctionMedicare patientsMedicare feeService beneficiariesTeaching hospital membersHospitalSame quartileHospital membersPneumoniaCohort