2022
Psychotropic Medication Use in United States Pediatric Emergency Department Visits
Nash K, Olfson M, Rothenberg C, Anderson B, Pincus H, Venkatesh A. Psychotropic Medication Use in United States Pediatric Emergency Department Visits. Academic Pediatrics 2022, 23: 971-979. PMID: 36494030, PMCID: PMC10241984, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.11.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychotropic medication useNon-Hispanic patientsMedication useED visitsEmergency departmentPsychotropic medicationsMedication administrationBlack non-Hispanic patientsWhite non-Hispanic patientsSurvey-weighted logistic regressionBehavioral health visitsAppropriate medication usePediatric emergency departmentProportion of visitsCross-sectional analysisBehavioral health carePsychotropic polypharmacyHealth visitsMedication typeEquitable careMedicationsLogistic regressionPrivate insuranceAnxiety disordersVisitsTrends In Treat-And-Release Emergency Care Visits With High-Intensity Billing In The US, 2006–19
Janke A, Gettel C, Koski-Vacirca R, Lin M, Kocher K, Venkatesh A. Trends In Treat-And-Release Emergency Care Visits With High-Intensity Billing In The US, 2006–19. Health Affairs 2022, 41: 1772-1780. PMID: 36469824, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelease ED visitsEmergency departmentED visitsNationwide Emergency Department SampleEmergency care visitsEmergency Department SampleProportion of visitsHealth care systemMore comorbiditiesCare visitsOlder patientsED careBilling practicesSerious diagnosisObservational studyUndifferentiated patientsPatient complexityCare servicesHealth statusCare systemVisitsPatientsEvolving roleReimbursement reformTreat
2020
Medicaid expansion and resource utilization in the emergency department
Janke AT, Danagoulian S, Venkatesh AK, Levy PD. Medicaid expansion and resource utilization in the emergency department. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 38: 2586-2590. PMID: 31982222, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.12.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultChest PainComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyDiagnostic Techniques, CardiovascularDisease ManagementEchocardiography, StressEligibility DeterminationEmergency Service, HospitalExercise TestFemaleHealth PolicyHospitalizationHumansMaleMedicaidMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingOdds RatioPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActUnited StatesConceptsChest pain visitsOdds of admissionAdvanced cardiac imagingPain visitsAffordable Care ActChest painED visitsMedicaid expansionED visit dataCardiac imagingEmergency department visitsEligibility expansionsSubgroup of patientsExpansion statesLikelihood of admissionProportion of visitsNon-expansion statesMedicaid eligibility expansionsDepartment visitsClinician's discretionEmergency departmentMedicaid patientsAdmissionProvider behaviorVisits