2021
National trends in emergency department closures, mergers, and utilization, 2005-2015
Venkatesh AK, Janke A, Rothenberg C, Chan E, Becher RD. National trends in emergency department closures, mergers, and utilization, 2005-2015. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0251729. PMID: 34015007, PMCID: PMC8136839, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital-based EDsEmergency department closureED visitsHospital admissionHospital bedsED closureYearly ED visitsLarge health systemAmerican Hospital Association Annual SurveyInpatient bed capacityPrimary outcomeSecondary outcomesMore patientsEmergency departmentRelative increaseInpatient bedsPatient volumeRural areasHealth systemAdmissionVisitsNational trendsBed capacityEDObservational analysis
2018
Trends and Variation in the Utilization and Diagnostic Yield of Chest Imaging for Medicare Patients With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department.
Venkatesh AK, Agha L, Abaluck J, Rothenberg C, Kabrhel C, Raja AS. Trends and Variation in the Utilization and Diagnostic Yield of Chest Imaging for Medicare Patients With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2018, 210: 572-577. PMID: 29364724, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.17.18586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest CT utilizationPulmonary embolismCT utilizationEmergency departmentDiagnostic yieldMedicare beneficiariesEmergency medicine board certificationAmerican Medical Association Physician MasterfileChest CT useSample of feeHospital referral regionsAmerican Hospital Association Annual SurveyED visitsChest CTHospital characteristicsCT useAnalytic FilesMedicare patientsChest imagingProvider characteristicsReferral regionsPhysician identificationPhysician useService beneficiariesPhysician Masterfile