2014
Toward Spanning the Quality Chasm: An Examination of Team Functioning Measures
Strasser DC, Burridge AB, Falconer JA, Uomoto JM, Herrin J. Toward Spanning the Quality Chasm: An Examination of Team Functioning Measures. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation 2014, 95: 2220-2223. PMID: 25007707, DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient outcomesCommunity dischargeVeterans Affairs Medical CenterLength of stayClinical trialsMedical CenterModifiable attributesScale scoreInpatient teamsQuality ChasmStudy periodTime pointsOutcomesStayHigh rateScoresFunctioning measuresHigher scoresLower lengthExploratory analysisSuch findingsAssociationFurther research
2009
Hospice Characteristics and the Disenrollment of Patients with Cancer
Carlson MD, Herrin J, Du Q, Epstein AJ, Cherlin E, Morrison RS, Bradley EH. Hospice Characteristics and the Disenrollment of Patients with Cancer. Health Services Research 2009, 44: 2004-2021. PMID: 19656230, PMCID: PMC2796311, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01002.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient disenrollmentEnd Results-Medicare dataSmaller hospicesTypes of hospicesNew hospiceLong-stay patientsHigh disenrollment ratesMedicare hospice benefitClinical characteristicsDisenrollment ratesPatientsHospice benefitSecondary analysisHospiceDisenrollmentRural statusCancerOrganizational-level barriersStaff mixHospice characteristicsIndependent effectsFiscal intermediariesHigh rateMedicare certificationEpidemiology
2003
Race, Quality of Care, and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Rathore SS, Foody JM, Wang Y, Smith GL, Herrin J, Masoudi FA, Wolfe P, Havranek EP, Ordin DL, Krumholz HM. Race, Quality of Care, and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. JAMA 2003, 289: 2517-2524. PMID: 12759323, DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.19.2517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsBlack or African AmericanFee-for-Service PlansFemaleHeart FailureHospitalsHumansMaleMedicareMultivariate AnalysisOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient ReadmissionQuality of Health CareRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesVentricular Function, LeftWhite PeopleConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionQuality of careACE inhibitor useWhite patientsBlack patientsHeart failureYear of dischargeACE inhibitorsMultivariable adjustmentInhibitor useLVEF assessmentCrude rateMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateAngiotensin receptor blocker useNational Heart Failure ProjectBlack Medicare patientsHeart Failure ProjectPrescription of angiotensinReceptor blocker useHigh rateVentricular ejection fractionYear of admissionHigher crude ratesService Medicare beneficiaries