2014
Place of Residence and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure
Bikdeli B, Wayda B, Bao H, Ross JS, Xu X, Chaudhry SI, Spertus JA, Bernheim SM, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM. Place of Residence and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 749-756. PMID: 25074375, PMCID: PMC5323058, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.113.000911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusIndividual socioeconomic statusOutcomes of patientsHeart failureHigher SES neighborhoodsSocioeconomic statusClinical factorsHeart Failure Outcomes trialPrimary end pointPatient-level factorsUS internal medicineCause mortalityCause readmissionMultivariable adjustmentOutcome trialsMedical chartsPatient interviewsLow-SES neighborhoodsCardiology practiceMortality ratePatientsPlace of residenceInternal medicineReadmissionEnd point
2008
An Administrative Claims Measure Suitable for Profiling Hospital Performance on the Basis of 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Rates Among Patients With Heart Failure
Keenan PS, Normand SL, Lin Z, Drye EE, Bhat KR, Ross JS, Schuur JD, Stauffer BD, Bernheim SM, Epstein AJ, Wang Y, Herrin J, Chen J, Federer JJ, Mattera JA, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. An Administrative Claims Measure Suitable for Profiling Hospital Performance on the Basis of 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Rates Among Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2008, 1: 29-37. PMID: 20031785, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.108.802686.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized readmission ratesCause readmission rateReadmission ratesHeart failureHospital-level readmission ratesAdjusted readmission ratesAdministrative Claims MeasureUnadjusted readmission ratesHeart failure patientsHospital risk-standardized readmission ratesMedical record dataProfiling Hospital PerformanceHierarchical logistic regression modelsUse of MedicareMedical record modelNational Quality ForumLogistic regression modelsCause readmissionClaims-based modelsHospital dischargeFailure patientsC-statisticPreventable eventsPatientsQuality Forum