Outcomes for Mitral Valve Surgery Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 1999 to 2008
Dodson JA, Wang Y, Desai MM, Barreto-Filho JA, Sugeng L, Hashim SW, Krumholz HM. Outcomes for Mitral Valve Surgery Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 1999 to 2008. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2012, 5: 298-307. PMID: 22576847, PMCID: PMC3400109, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.112.966077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overChi-Square DistributionFee-for-Service PlansFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHeart Valve DiseasesHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHospital MortalityHospitalizationHumansLinear ModelsMaleMedicareMitral ValveOdds RatioPatient ReadmissionQuality ImprovementRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsMitral valve surgeryValve surgeryMitral valve repairFFS patientsHospitalization ratesValve repairMedicare feeMedicare Standard Analytic FilesMedicare FFS patientsRisk-standardized ratesProportion of patientsStandard Analytic FilesVital Status filesNational surveillance dataMedicare administrative dataSubstantial morbidityMortality outcomesService patientsAnalytic FilesMortality riskMortality rateSurgeryPatientsDenominator fileReadmissionRegional Associations Between Medicare Advantage Penetration and Administrative Claims-based Measures of Hospital Outcomes
Kulkarni VT, Shah SJ, Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Normand SL, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Regional Associations Between Medicare Advantage Penetration and Administrative Claims-based Measures of Hospital Outcomes. Medical Care 2012, 50: 406-409. PMID: 22456113, PMCID: PMC5459365, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e318245a0f9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital outcomesReadmission ratesHeart failureMyocardial infarctionPopulation riskOutcome measuresMortality rateMedicare Advantage patientsHospital referral region levelHospital outcome measuresClaims-based measuresMedicaid Services measuresFFS patientsAdvantage patientsRetrospective studyService patientsMedicare feeMedicare Advantage penetrationPatientsMedicaid ServicesInfarctionPneumonia