2021
Administrative Claims Measure for Profiling Hospital Performance Based on 90-Day All-Cause Mortality Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Mori M, Nasir K, Bao H, Jimenez A, Legore SS, Wang Y, Grady J, Lama SD, Brandi N, Lin Z, Kurlansky P, Geirsson A, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Suter LG. Administrative Claims Measure for Profiling Hospital Performance Based on 90-Day All-Cause Mortality Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2021, 14: e006644. PMID: 33535776, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.120.006644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryBypass graft surgeryMortality rateGraft surgeryC-statisticMedicaid ServicesAdministrative Claims MeasureCause mortality ratesMortality measuresUnadjusted mortality ratesProfiling Hospital PerformanceHierarchical logistic regression modelsAlternate payment modelsHospital performanceLogistic regression modelsCABG recoveryPayment modelsCABG surgeryCause mortalityCABG proceduresDays postsurgeryHospital levelSurgery
2001
Screening Mammography: Is It Suitably Targeted to Older Women Who are Most Likely to Benefit?
Scinto J, Gill T, Grady J, Holmboe E. Screening Mammography: Is It Suitably Targeted to Older Women Who are Most Likely to Benefit? Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2001, 49: 1101-1104. PMID: 11555074, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49216.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder womenPrognostic groupsPrognostic stageMammography useCommunity-dwelling older womenFavorable prognostic groupFive-year mortalityProspective cohort studyWorst prognostic groupMammography use ratesCause mortalityCohort studyElderly ProgramEpidemiologic studiesNew Haven CountyMedicare Part BScreening mammographyWomenMortalityMortality indexMammographyUse ratesNew HavenMammogramsPart B