2016
Hospital Phenotypes in the Management of Patients Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Xu X, Li SX, Lin H, Normand SL, Lagu T, Desai N, Duan M, Kroch EA, Krumholz HM. Hospital Phenotypes in the Management of Patients Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Medical Care 2016, 54: 929-936. PMID: 27261637, PMCID: PMC5305177, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionICU admission rateICU admissionMyocardial infarctionAdmission ratesProcedure ratesIntensive care unit admissionHigher ICU admissionLower ICU admissionCare unit admissionCoronary artery bypassPatients' clinical characteristicsManagement of patientsOpen heart surgeryRisk-standardized mortalityArtery bypassUnit admissionClinical characteristicsCoronary interventionReadmission ratesGroup of hospitalsHospital costsPractice patternsCABG
2013
Spending more, doing more, or both? An alternative method for quantifying utilization during hospitalizations
Lagu T, Krumholz HM, Dharmarajan K, Partovian C, Kim N, Mody PS, Li S, Strait KM, Lindenauer PK. Spending more, doing more, or both? An alternative method for quantifying utilization during hospitalizations. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2013, 8: 373-379. PMID: 23757115, PMCID: PMC4014449, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2046.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Procedure Intensity and the Cost of Care
Chen SI, Dharmarajan K, Kim N, Strait KM, Li SX, Safavi KC, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM, Lagu T. Procedure Intensity and the Cost of Care. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2012, 5: 308-313. PMID: 22576844, PMCID: PMC3415230, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.112.966069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCosts and Cost AnalysisCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHeart FailureHospital Bed CapacityHospital CostsHospital MortalityHospitalizationHospitals, RuralHospitals, TeachingHospitals, UrbanHumansLength of StayLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedModels, EconomicOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CareResidence CharacteristicsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsHF hospitalizationHeart failureInvasive proceduresHospital groupRisk-standardized mortality ratesProportion of patientsLength of stayCost of careWilcoxon rank sum testHigher procedure ratesRank sum testPatient demographicsPerspective databaseMedian lengthSurgical proceduresProcedure ratesHospitalizationOutcome differencesMortality rateHospitalPatientsPractice styleProcedure useSum testOverall use