2013
Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions
Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Lin Z, Bueno H, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Barreto-Filho JA, Kim N, Suter LG, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions. The BMJ 2013, 347: f6571. PMID: 24259033, PMCID: PMC3898430, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyReadmission diagnosesReadmission ratesHeart failureMyocardial infarctionCohort studySpecific diagnosisReadmission performanceHospital readmission performancePatterns of readmissionDay readmission rateRisk-standardized readmission ratesLow performing hospitalsHospital performanceHigh performing hospitalsReadmission timingDay readmissionHospital stayIndex admissionHospital dischargeReadmission patternsHospital admissionCommon diagnosisMedian time
2006
Door-to-drug and door-to-balloon times: Where can we improve? Time to reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
Bradley EH, Herrin J, Wang Y, McNamara RL, Radford MJ, Magid DJ, Canto JG, Blaney M, Krumholz HM. Door-to-drug and door-to-balloon times: Where can we improve? Time to reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). American Heart Journal 2006, 151: 1281-1287. PMID: 16781237, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.07.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPatients' clinical characteristicsBalloon timeClinical characteristicsDrug timeMyocardial infarctionProportion of patientsElevation myocardial infarctionHospital-level variationTreatment of patientsCross-sectional analysisHigh performing hospitalsReperfusion therapyNational registryHospitalPatientsRegression modelingECGDrugsInfarctionHierarchical regression modelingHospital performanceImportant quality indicatorMinutesGeometric mean