2023
Development and Internal Validation of an Emergency Department Admission Intensity Measure Using Data From a National Group
Oskvarek J, Zocchi M, Cai A, Venkat A, Janke A, Venkatesh A, Pines J, Group A. Development and Internal Validation of an Emergency Department Admission Intensity Measure Using Data From a National Group. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 316-325. PMID: 36669915, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdmission ratesSeparate technical panelEvidence-based protocolsICD-10 diagnosisValue-based payment modelsPhysician's discretionED diagnosisEmergency physiciansInternational ClassificationPhysician levelFacility levelPhysiciansInternal validationQuarterly ratesAdministrative dataFace validityDiagnosisPayment modelsLinear probability modelsICC
2021
Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Janke AT, Jain S, Hwang U, Rosenberg M, Biese K, Schneider S, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 1713-1721. PMID: 33955546, PMCID: PMC8242842, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionED visit countsOlder adultsHip fractureExcess mortalityEmergent conditionsED sitesVisit countsEmergency department visitsIncident rate ratiosNational clinical quality registryAge categoriesClinical quality registryEarly pandemic periodCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic periodPoisson regression modelsPre-pandemic periodED visitsYounger patientsDepartment visitsPoor outcomeEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionED diagnosis