2018
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization
Horwitz LI, Wang Y, Altaf FK, Wang C, Lin Z, Liu S, Grady J, Bernheim SM, Desai NR, Venkatesh AK, Herrin J. Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization. Medical Care 2018, 56: 281-289. PMID: 29462075, PMCID: PMC6170884, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFee-for-Service PlansHeart FailureHospital AdministrationHospitals, PublicHumansMedicareMyocardial InfarctionNursing Staff, HospitalOwnershipPatient ReadmissionPneumoniaResidence CharacteristicsRetrospective StudiesSafety-net ProvidersUnited StatesConceptsAcute care utilizationAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureCare utilizationAcute careMyocardial infarctionHospital characteristicsNet hospitalExcess daysPublic hospitalsNonsafety net hospitalsHigher readmission ratesEmergency department utilizationProportion of hospitalsAcute care hospitalsSafety-net hospitalService Medicare beneficiariesLarge urban hospitalMajor teaching hospitalType of hospitalCross-sectional analysisPostdischarge utilizationHospital dischargeHospital factorsReadmission rates
2015
Assessing Community Quality of Health Care
Herrin J, Kenward K, Joshi MS, Audet AM, Hines SJ. Assessing Community Quality of Health Care. Health Services Research 2015, 51: 98-116. PMID: 26096649, PMCID: PMC4722214, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital service areasNursing homesHospital measuresHospital qualityHigh hospital qualityHealth system factorsAgreement of measuresHigh-quality careHigh-quality hospitalsHome health agenciesDimensions of careComposite quality measureGeneral practitionersCare settingsNH careHealth agenciesQuality hospitalsHospitalCareHealth careSystem factorsAvailable quality measuresQuality measuresHigh differSetting