2017
Hospital Performance on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Process and Outcomes Measures
Chui PW, Parzynski CS, Nallamothu BK, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP. Hospital Performance on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Process and Outcomes Measures. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2017, 6: e004276. PMID: 28446493, PMCID: PMC5524055, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.004276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiac RehabilitationCoronary DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesHealthcare DisparitiesHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMedicarePatient DischargePatient ReadmissionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsProcess Assessment, Health CareQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareReferral and ConsultationRegistriesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTime-to-TreatmentTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsProcess measuresReadmission ratesOutcome measuresNational Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI RegistryHospital performancePercutaneous coronary interventionSpecific process measuresRisk-standardized mortalityPCI patientsCathPCI RegistryCoronary interventionHospital variationOutcome ratesHospital qualityPhysician ConsortiumMortalitySmall percentageWeak correlationAssociationIntervention processPatients
2014
Clinical Prediction Model Suitable for Assessing Hospital Quality for Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy
Wimmer NJ, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Anderson HV, Curtis JP, Weintraub WS, Singh M, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, Yeh RW. Clinical Prediction Model Suitable for Assessing Hospital Quality for Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2014, 3: e000728. PMID: 24938712, PMCID: PMC4309056, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid artery revascularizationCarotid endarterectomyHospital strokeHospital qualityArtery diseaseCEA scoreNew York Heart Association class IIIHospital risk-adjusted outcomesPrimary end-point eventPrior peripheral artery diseaseContralateral carotid occlusionHospital-level clusteringSymptomatic carotid lesionsPeripheral artery diseaseEnd-point eventsCoronary artery diseaseModerate discriminative abilityRisk-adjusted outcomesClinical prediction modelHierarchical logistic regressionArtery revascularizationEndarterectomy (CARE) RegistryAppropriate risk adjustmentCarotid occlusionDiabetes mellitus