2019
Association of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study
Nuti SV, Li SX, Xu X, Ott LS, Lagu T, Desai NR, Murugiah K, Duan M, Martin J, Kim N, Krumholz HM. Association of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research 2019, 19: 190. PMID: 30909904, PMCID: PMC6432744, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4018-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionPost-acute care costsPost-acute care utilizationOverall episode costsPremier Healthcare DatabaseHospital resource utilizationStudy of patientsCross-sectional studyGreater resource utilizationPost-acute periodHigh cost tertilesHigh-cost hospitalsHospital meanResultsAmong patientsReadmission ratesCare utilizationHospitalization costsEpisode costsMedicare feeTertileMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateHealthcare databasesService beneficiaries
2016
Identification of Hospital Cardiac Services for Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Individual Patient Discharge Data
Chang TE, Krumholz HM, Li S, Martin J, Ranasinghe I. Identification of Hospital Cardiac Services for Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Individual Patient Discharge Data. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e003680. PMID: 27628573, PMCID: PMC5079029, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.003680.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPatient discharge dataCardiac servicesMyocardial infarctionAmerican Heart Association/American CollegePremier Healthcare DatabaseCurrent Procedural Terminology codesProcedural Terminology codesAmerican Hospital Association Annual SurveyDischarge dataPremier hospitalsCardiology guidelinesNinth RevisionAMI careInpatient careClinical ModificationAmerican CollegeTerminology codesInternational ClassificationHealthcare databasesCare variesCare processesHospitalHospital servicesPremier database