2024
Incorporating Medicare Advantage Admissions Into the CMS Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure
Kyanko K, Sahay K, Wang Y, Li S, Schreiber M, Hager M, Myers R, Johnson W, Zhang J, Krumholz H, Suter L, Triche E. Incorporating Medicare Advantage Admissions Into the CMS Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2414431. PMID: 38829614, PMCID: PMC11148674, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.14431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSpecialty subgroupsPerformance quintileMedicare AdvantageReadmission ratesRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital-wide readmission measureHospital outcome measuresTest-retest reliabilityRisk-adjustment variablesMeasurement reliabilityAdministrative claims dataReadmission measuresImprove measurement reliabilityIntegrated data repositoryMA beneficiariesQuintile rankingsMedicare beneficiariesMedicaid ServicesAll-causePublic reportingStudy assessed differencesClaims dataOutcome measuresMA cohort
2021
Socioeconomic Disparities in Functional Status in a National Sample of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Izadi Z, Li J, Evans M, Hammam N, Katz P, Ogdie A, Suter LG, Yazdany J, Schmajuk G. Socioeconomic Disparities in Functional Status in a National Sample of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2119400. PMID: 34347058, PMCID: PMC8339935, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.19400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidimensional Health Assessment QuestionnaireRheumatoid arthritisRheumatology Informatics SystemFunctional statusFunctional declineArea Deprivation IndexSocioeconomic statusADI quintilesDisease activityCohort studyRheumatology careFS scoresHealth Assessment Questionnaire Disability IndexHealth Assessment Questionnaire-IIHealth Assessment QuestionnaireWorse functional statusRheumatology's Rheumatology Informatics SystemLow socioeconomic statusNon-Hispanic whitesLowest SES quintileHighest SES quintileDisability IndexMultilevel multivariate regressionAdult patientsRA diagnosis
2018
Disparities in Total Knee Replacement: Population Losses in Quality‐Adjusted Life‐Years Due to Differential Offer, Acceptance, and Complication Rates for African Americans
Kerman HM, Smith SR, Smith KC, Collins JE, Suter LG, Katz JN, Losina E. Disparities in Total Knee Replacement: Population Losses in Quality‐Adjusted Life‐Years Due to Differential Offer, Acceptance, and Complication Rates for African Americans. Arthritis Care & Research 2018, 70: 1326-1334. PMID: 29363280, PMCID: PMC6057850, DOI: 10.1002/acr.23484.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Projecting Lifetime Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Total Knee Replacement in Individuals Sustaining a Complete Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear in Early Adulthood
Suter LG, Smith SR, Katz JN, Englund M, Hunter DJ, Frobell R, Losina E. Projecting Lifetime Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Total Knee Replacement in Individuals Sustaining a Complete Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear in Early Adulthood. Arthritis Care & Research 2016, 69: 201-208. PMID: 27214559, PMCID: PMC5121085, DOI: 10.1002/acr.22940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee replacementSymptomatic knee osteoarthritisAnterior cruciate ligament tearsACL injuryCruciate ligament tearsKnee osteoarthritisLifetime riskMeniscal tearsACL tearsInjury cohortLigament tearsMT cohortKnee replacementComplete anterior cruciate ligament tearsConcomitant meniscal tearsGreater lifetime riskInjury prevention interventionsAge 25 yearsOsteoarthritis Policy ModelCumulative incidenceKnee injuriesIncident injuryTreatment modalitiesPrevention interventionsOsteoarthritis
2014
National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release
Suter LG, Li SX, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Bhat KR, Turkmani D, Spivack SB, Lindenauer PK, Merrill AR, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 29: 1333-1340. PMID: 24825244, PMCID: PMC4175654, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2862-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePneumonia mortalityMyocardial infarctionMedian risk-standardized mortality rateHospital-level mortalityUnplanned readmission ratePrincipal discharge diagnosisHospital performanceRisk-Standardized MortalityHF mortalityReadmission resultsReadmission ratesDischarge diagnosisOutcome measuresAMI mortalityReadmission measuresPneumoniaMortality rateService MedicareHierarchical logistic modelsMortalityMedicaid ServicesReadmission