2023
In-home Visits and Subsequent Health Outcomes in Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries With Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Depression
Smolderen K, Heath K, Ameli O, Spencer D, Natwick T, Musich S, Miedico T, Mena-Hurtado C. In-home Visits and Subsequent Health Outcomes in Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries With Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Depression. Medical Care 2023, 61: 366-376. PMID: 37167558, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001850.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCoronary Artery DiseaseDepressionDiabetes MellitusHouse CallsHumansHypertensionMedicare Part COutcome Assessment, Health CareRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsPrimary care visitsCoronary artery diseaseMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsFirst primary care visitAdverse cardiovascular eventsCare visitsWait-list control groupHome visitsArtery diseaseList control groupControl groupCardiovascular eventsCare metricsOptum Labs Data WarehouseHigh-morbidity conditionsMedicare Advantage populationInpatient care episodesMedicare Advantage beneficiariesRetrospective data analysisSubsequent health outcomesIndex dateSecondary outcomesEmergency visitsPrimary outcomeInpatient stay
2020
Association of Diabetes Mellitus With Health Status Outcomes in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the PORTRAIT Registry
Patel KK, Alturkmani H, Gosch K, Mena‐Hurtado C, Shishehbor MH, Peri‐Okonny P, Creager MA, Spertus JA, Smolderen KG. Association of Diabetes Mellitus With Health Status Outcomes in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the PORTRAIT Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e017103. PMID: 33153398, PMCID: PMC7763706, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.017103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePAQ summary scoreDiabetes mellitusHealth statusArtery diseaseSummary scoresEffect of DMInteraction of DMPAD-specific health statusSymptomatic peripheral artery diseaseAdverse limb eventsHealth status benefitsBaseline health statusHealth status outcomesPoor health statusHealth status gainsComorbidity burdenPAD progressionPAD severityPORTRAIT registryBackground PatientsConclusions PatientsInternational registryRecent exacerbationSpecialty clinicAssociation of Health Status Scores With Cardiovascular and Limb Outcomes in Patients With Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the EUCLID (Examining Use of Ticagrelor in Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease) Trial
Rymer JA, Mulder H, Smolderen KG, Hiatt WR, Conte MS, Berger JS, Norgren L, Mahaffey KW, Baumgartner I, Fowkes FG, Katona BG, Rockhold F, Jones WS, Patel MR. Association of Health Status Scores With Cardiovascular and Limb Outcomes in Patients With Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the EUCLID (Examining Use of Ticagrelor in Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease) Trial. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e016573. PMID: 32924754, PMCID: PMC7792388, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiovascular DiseasesDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHumansLower ExtremityMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePeripheral Arterial DiseasePlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesSymptom AssessmentTicagrelorVascular Surgical ProceduresVisual Analog ScaleConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsMajor adverse limb eventsAdverse cardiovascular eventsAdverse limb eventsLower extremity revascularizationPeripheral artery diseaseCardiovascular eventsHealth status instrumentsLimb eventsEUCLID trialVAS scoresArtery diseaseEQ-5DQuestionnaire scoresSubsequent major adverse cardiovascular eventsLow ankle-brachial indexSymptomatic peripheral artery diseaseLower extremity revascularization proceduresBaseline EQ-5DAnkle-brachial indexHealth status scoresEQ-5D scoresHealth status measurementHealth status changesSubsequent end points