2020
Timely estimation of National Admission, readmission, and observation-stay rates in medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia using near real-time claims data
Li SX, Wang Y, Lama SD, Schwartz J, Herrin J, Mei H, Lin Z, Bernheim SM, Spivack S, Krumholz HM, Suter LG. Timely estimation of National Admission, readmission, and observation-stay rates in medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia using near real-time claims data. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 733. PMID: 32778098, PMCID: PMC7416804, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05611-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Hospital variation in admission to intensive care units for patients with acute myocardial infarction
Chen R, Strait KM, Dharmarajan K, Li SX, Ranasinghe I, Martin J, Fazel R, Masoudi FA, Cooke CR, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Hospital variation in admission to intensive care units for patients with acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 2015, 170: 1161-1169. PMID: 26678638, PMCID: PMC5459386, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnterior Wall Myocardial InfarctionCoronary Care UnitsHealth Care RationingHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePatient AdmissionQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentTriageUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionIntensive care unitCritical care therapiesRisk-standardized mortality ratesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesICU admissionResource-intensive settingsCare therapyAMI patientsCare unitMyocardial infarctionMortality rateAdult hospitalizationsHospital variationNinth RevisionClinical ModificationICU triageInternational ClassificationBetter outcomesPatientsHospitalAdmissionPremier databaseTherapyAppropriate use
2012
WIDE VARIATION EXISTS IN RATES OF ADMISSION TO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENTS ACROSS US HOSPITALS
Safavi K, Dharmarajan K, Kim N, Strait K, Li S, Chen S, Lagu T, Partovian C, Krumholz H. WIDE VARIATION EXISTS IN RATES OF ADMISSION TO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENTS ACROSS US HOSPITALS. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2012, 59: e1856. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)61857-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research