2014
Strategies to reduce hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional and longitudinal survey
Bradley EH, Sipsma H, Brewster AL, Krumholz HM, Curry L. Strategies to reduce hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional and longitudinal survey. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2014, 14: 126. PMID: 25252826, PMCID: PMC4182840, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCooperative BehaviorCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Medical TechniciansHealth Care SurveysHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansInservice TrainingInterdisciplinary CommunicationLongitudinal StudiesMedical Order Entry SystemsMyocardial InfarctionOrganizational CulturePatient Care TeamQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionAMI mortality ratesPercentage of hospitalsMortality rateMyocardial infarctionAMI mortalityHospital AMI mortality ratesRisk-standardized mortality ratesEmergency medical services (EMS) providersHospital strategiesCross-sectional surveyPhysician order entryBackgroundSurvival ratesAMI careMedical service providersResultsBetween 2010HospitalU.S. hospitalsOrder entryRegular trainingInfarctionLongitudinal analysisHospital performanceMortalityCurrent use
2012
Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction.
Bradley EH, Curry LA, Spatz ES, Herrin J, Cherlin EJ, Curtis JP, Thompson JW, Ting HH, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 156: 618-26. PMID: 22547471, PMCID: PMC3386642, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-9-201205010-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionLower risk-standardized mortality ratesMyocardial infarctionNurse championsMortality rateHospital strategiesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesHospital-level factorsIntensive care unitAcute care hospitalsCardiac catheterization laboratoryCross-sectional surveyUnited Health FoundationCare hospitalCare unitCross-sectional designAMI casesAMI volumeCatheterization laboratoryHospital cliniciansHospitalMultivariate analysisPatientsHealth Foundation
2004
Intended use of informal long‐term care: the role of race and ethnicity
Bradley EH, Curry LA, McGraw SA, Webster TR, Kasl SV, Andersen R. Intended use of informal long‐term care: the role of race and ethnicity. Ethnicity And Health 2004, 9: 37-54. PMID: 15203464, DOI: 10.1080/13557850410001673987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term careRace/ethnicityInformal long-term carePsychosocial factorsRace/ethnicity-related differencesLong-term care useFrail older populationHealth service useEthnicity-related differencesLong-term care needsCross-sectional surveyCare useService useCare needsLogistic regressionOlder populationPsychosocial differencesWhite eldersHealthcare decision makingOlder adultsCareFamily caregivingAndersen modelFamily membersAfrican American respondents