2015
Standardized Outcome Measurement for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Consensus From the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM)
McNamara RL, Spatz ES, Kelley TA, Stowell CJ, Beltrame J, Heidenreich P, Tresserras R, Jernberg T, Chua T, Morgan L, Panigrahi B, Rosas Ruiz A, Rumsfeld JS, Sadwin L, Schoeberl M, Shahian D, Weston C, Yeh R, Lewin J. Standardized Outcome Measurement for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Consensus From the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM). Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e001767. PMID: 25991011, PMCID: PMC4599409, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.001767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHealth Outcomes MeasurementOutcome measurementsMyocardial infarctionCoronary artery disease outcomesPatient-reported health statusCoronary artery bypassPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary artery diseasePatient-centered outcomesStandardized outcome measurementsLongitudinal outcomesCardiovascular hospital admissionsAsymptomatic CADAcute complicationsArtery bypassCoronary interventionRenal failureArtery diseaseHospital admissionInternational Working GroupRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseDisease outcomeOutcome measures
2001
Specialty of principal care physician and Medicare expenditures in patients with coronary artery disease: impact of comorbidity and severity.
McNamara R, Powe N, Thiemann D, Shaffer T, Weller W, Anderson G. Specialty of principal care physician and Medicare expenditures in patients with coronary artery disease: impact of comorbidity and severity. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2001, 7: 261-6. PMID: 11258143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrincipal care physicianCoronary artery diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionArtery diseaseCare physiciansUnstable anginaMean expenditureMyocardial infarctionChronic coronary artery diseaseMedicare expendituresProportion of patientsImpact of comorbiditiesLevel of comorbiditySeverity of diagnosisCharlson indexElderly patientsLow comorbidityPhysician typeAcute diagnosisChronic conditionsAcute diseaseChronic diseasesRetrospective analysisComorbiditiesPatients
2000
Distribution, Severity and Risk Factors for Aortic Atherosclerosis in Cerebral Ischemia
Sen S, Wu K, McNamara R, Lima J, Piantadosi S, Oppenheimer S. Distribution, Severity and Risk Factors for Aortic Atherosclerosis in Cerebral Ischemia. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2000, 10: 102-109. PMID: 10686448, DOI: 10.1159/000016038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsAortic atheromaAortic plaquesCarotid stenosisStroke/TIA patientsSymptomatic coronary artery diseaseAortic plaque thicknessThoracic aortic plaqueTransesophageal echocardiography assessmentIndependent risk factorCoronary artery diseaseIschemic heart diseaseExtracranial carotid stenosisTIA patientsAortic atherosclerosisAsymptomatic patientsIschemic strokeArtery diseaseCerebral ischemiaConsecutive patientsEchocardiography assessmentMultivariable analysisProximal aortaCardiac screeningHeart disease
1998
Capitation for cardiologists: Accepting risk for coronary artery disease under managed care
McNamara R, Powe N, Shaffer T, Thiemann D, Weller W, Anderson G. Capitation for cardiologists: Accepting risk for coronary artery disease under managed care. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1998, 82: 1178-1182. PMID: 9832090, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00602-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseMean annual expenditureArtery diseaseMedicare populationDemographic factorsGeneral Medicare populationCapitation ratesCertain chronic illnessesHigher mean expendituresMeasures of severityAnnual expenditureCharlson indexClinical factorsChronic diseasesChronic illnessDiseases codesClinical measuresCare plansInternational ClassificationPatientsNational random sampleMean expenditureDiseaseHigher expendituresComorbidities