2024
Reliability of a Measure of Admission Intensity for Emergency Physicians
Janke A, Oskvarek J, Zocchi M, Cai A, Litvak O, Pines J, Venkatesh A. Reliability of a Measure of Admission Intensity for Emergency Physicians. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: 295-304. PMID: 38430082, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchED admission ratesIntraclass correlation coefficientAdmission ratesEmergency departmentAverage admission rateMeasures of emergency departmentValue-based care programsInternational Classification of DiseasesClassification of DiseasesLinear probability modelsMultilevel linear probability modelsCare programED visitsInternational ClassificationEmergency physiciansDiagnosis codesCorrelation coefficientPhysiciansIdentifying high-Reduce variationIntraclassStandard deviationAdmissionClinical conditionsAssess stability
2022
Emergency department utilization for substance use disorders and mental health conditions during COVID-19
Venkatesh AK, Janke AT, Kinsman J, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Malicki C, D’Onofrio G, Taylor A, Hawk K. Emergency department utilization for substance use disorders and mental health conditions during COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0262136. PMID: 35025921, PMCID: PMC8757912, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderOverall ED visitsED visitsEmergency departmentMental health conditionsAlcohol use disorderED visitationUse disordersED utilizationHospital-based emergency departmentsHealth conditionsEmergency department utilizationPublic health surveillance toolSite of careClinical quality registryEarly pandemic periodVisit countsSubstance use disordersCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicED visit countsDiagnosis codesOutpatient treatmentMedicines RegistryQuality registry