2024
Total and Out-of-Pocket Costs Surrounding Emergency Department Care Among Older Adults Enrolled in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage
Gettel C, Salah W, Rothenberg C, Liang Y, Schwartz H, Scott K, Hwang U, Hastings S, Venkatesh A. Total and Out-of-Pocket Costs Surrounding Emergency Department Care Among Older Adults Enrolled in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: 285-294. PMID: 38864783, PMCID: PMC11343654, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.04.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOut-of-pocketED visitsTraditional MedicareOlder adultsEmergency departmentMedicare AdvantageMedicare Advantage plan enrolleesMedicare Current Beneficiary SurveyEmergency department careTreat-and-releaseOut-of-pocket expensesOut-of-pocket health care spendingHealth care spendingCross-sectional analysisProportion of costsMedian totalEmergency careTreat-and-release emergency departmentBeneficiary SurveyMedian total costProportion of expensesCare spendingPlan enrolleesMedicareVisitsPatient‐reported outcome measure use among older adults after emergency department care: A systematic review
Gettel C, Galske J, Sather A, Haidous A, Hwang U, Brackett A, Venkatesh A, Rising K, Goldberg E, van Oppen J, Conroy S, Carpenter C. Patient‐reported outcome measure use among older adults after emergency department care: A systematic review. Academic Emergency Medicine 2024, 31: 273-287. PMID: 38366698, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14850.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient-reported outcome measuresActivities of daily livingED visitsOlder adultsPhysical functionPatient-reported outcome measure useInstrumental activities of daily livingKatz activities of daily livingOlder adult ED patientsPatient-reported outcome measure assessmentSystematic reviewOutcome measure useEmergency department carePatient symptom burdenFull-text screeningAdult ED patientsRisk of biasQuality of lifeStudy inclusion criteriaWeb of Science-Core CollectionKatz ActivitiesEmergency careDaily livingPROM assessmentBarthel Index
2023
284 Nationwide Capabilities Assessment of Emergency Department Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder: 2022 to 2023
Hawk K, Weiner S, Sharma P, Rothenberg C, Sharma D, Goyal P, Rudowski K, Sambell M, Venkatesh A. 284 Nationwide Capabilities Assessment of Emergency Department Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder: 2022 to 2023. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: s125. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.08.308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care
Sangal R, Su H, Khidir H, Parwani V, Liebhardt B, Pinker E, Meng L, Venkatesh A, Ulrich A. Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2326338. PMID: 37505495, PMCID: PMC10383013, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.26338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional studyHigh acuityPatient demographicsSame acuityLatino ethnicityNon-Hispanic raceEmergency department careBed placementTime of triageNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesED visitsPrimary outcomeED arrivalED patientsMedicaid insuranceMean ageTriage acuityStudy visitAcuity patientsSociodemographic disparitiesED outcomesHigher oddsMAIN OUTCOMECare accessClinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage
Zachrison K, Goldstein J, Jauch E, Radecki R, Madsen T, Adeoye O, Oostema J, Feeser V, Ganti L, Lo B, Meurer W, Corral M, Rothenberg C, Chaturvedi A, Goyal P, Venkatesh A. Clinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 258-269. PMID: 37074253, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.03.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracranial hemorrhageAcute neurologic emergenciesEmergency department careNontraumatic intracranial hemorrhageCare of patientsClinical performance measuresCommunity EDNeurologic emergencySyndromic approachEmergency departmentEvidence-based targetsHyperacute phaseWarrants further developmentWorkgroup of expertsQuality improvement resourcesCare processesReview of dataQuality improvementHemorrhageInternal quality improvementCareNational sampleBroad implementationEDImprovement resources
2022
A Quality Framework to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Care
Khidir H, Salhi R, Sabbatini AK, Franks NM, Green A, Richardson LD, Terry A, Vasquez N, Goyal P, Kocher K, Venkatesh AK, Lin MP. A Quality Framework to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Care. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 81: 47-56. PMID: 36257864, PMCID: PMC9780164, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency careEthnic disparitiesHealth disparitiesCare deliveryHealth equityEmergency department careTransitions of careQuality improvement initiativesHealth care servicesEmergency care deliveryHealth care systemWhite patientsEmergency departmentEmergency physiciansAmerican CollegeCare servicesCare systemCareDisproportionate barriersHealth careImprovement initiativesQuality measuresPatientsEthnic groupsIterative discussions