2019
Institutional Variation in Quality of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Implantation: A Cohort Study.
Ranasinghe I, Labrosciano C, Horton D, Ganesan A, Curtis JP, Krumholz HM, McGavigan A, Hossain S, Air T, Hariharaputhiran S. Institutional Variation in Quality of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Implantation: A Cohort Study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2019, 171: 309-317. PMID: 31357210, DOI: 10.7326/m18-2810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular implantable electronic devicesComplication rateCohort studyCIED complicationsCardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) implantationMajor device-related complicationsDays of dischargeDevice-related complicationsProcedure-related complicationsImplantable electronic devicesPPM implantationMajor complicationsICD placementDevice implantationElective proceduresComplicationsHospitalCare qualityStudy periodPatientsAdministrative dataInstitutional variationNational averageImplantation
2009
Reduction in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in the United States: Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates From 1995-2006
Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Drye EE, Spertus JA, Ross JS, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Lichtman JH, Havranek EP, Masoudi FA, Radford MJ, Han LF, Rapp MT, Straube BM, Normand SL. Reduction in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in the United States: Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates From 1995-2006. JAMA 2009, 302: 767-773. PMID: 19690309, PMCID: PMC3349070, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionShort-term mortality rateMortality rateHospital variationNonfederal acute care hospitalsAcute myocardial infarction mortalityHospital mortality rateDay of admissionRisk standardized mortality ratesAcute care hospitalsMyocardial infarction mortalityHealth care professionalsIndex hospitalizationCare hospitalMyocardial infarctionNational averagePatient levelMedicare patientsObservational studyMedical adviceHospital varianceMAIN OUTCOMECare professionalsPatients