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
2014
“Phenotyping” Hospital Value of Care for Patients with Heart Failure
Xu X, Li S, Lin H, Normand S, Kim N, Ott LS, Lagu T, Duan M, Kroch EA, Krumholz HM. “Phenotyping” Hospital Value of Care for Patients with Heart Failure. Health Services Research 2014, 49: 2000-2016. PMID: 24974769, PMCID: PMC4254136, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCosts and Cost AnalysisEconomics, HospitalHeart FailureHospital MortalityHospitalizationHospitalsHumansQuality of Health CareConceptsLower mortalityHeart failureHeart failure hospitalizationHospital mortality rateLonger hospital stayIntensive care unitDistinct joint trajectoriesValue of careFailure hospitalizationHospital stayCare unitClinical outcomesGroup of hospitalsHospital characteristicsHospital careHospital patternsSurgical proceduresMultinomial logistic regressionMortality rateHigh mortalityHospitalHospitalizationMortalityLogistic regressionHospital Value