2024
Comparison of industry payments to psychiatrists and psychiatric advanced practice clinicians in the USA, 2021: a cross-sectional study
Havlik J, Ososanya L, Lee M, Wahid S, Heyang M, Sun Q, Ross J, Rhee T. Comparison of industry payments to psychiatrists and psychiatric advanced practice clinicians in the USA, 2021: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e081252. PMID: 38331855, PMCID: PMC10860012, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesDatabases, FactualDrug IndustryHumansIndustryMedicareRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsAdvanced practice cliniciansNational Plan and Provider Enumeration SystemUnited States dollarsScope of practiceIndustry paymentsUS Centers for MedicarePracticing cliniciansPercentage of cliniciansCenters for MedicareSecondary outcome measuresPsychiatric CNSClinician typePayment sourcePractice lawsNon-research paymentsPsychiatric cliniciansPsychiatristsEnumeration systemStudy objectiveUS psychiatristsOpen Payments databaseCliniciansStates dollarsPayments DatabasePractice
2022
Assessment of Frailty Indices and Charlson Comorbidity Index for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Spine Metastases: A National Database Analysis
Elsamadicy AA, Havlik JL, Reeves B, Sherman J, Koo AB, Pennington Z, Hersh AM, Sandhu MRS, Kolb L, Larry Lo SF, Shin JH, Mendel E, Sciubba DM. Assessment of Frailty Indices and Charlson Comorbidity Index for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Spine Metastases: A National Database Analysis. World Neurosurgery 2022, 164: e1058-e1070. PMID: 35644519, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultComorbidityDatabases, FactualFrailtyHumansPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSpinal NeoplasmsConceptsMetastatic spinal tumor frailty indexCharlson Comorbidity IndexFrailty indexMFI-5Adverse outcomesNonroutine dischargeComorbidity indexUnplanned readmissionAdverse eventsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseHigher Charlson comorbidity indexQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisPredicting Adverse OutcomesRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseNational database analysisLength of stayLogistic regression analysisExtradural spinal metastasisOnly significant predictorAdult patientsCohort studyProlonged lengthIndependent predictors
2021
Patient- and hospital-related risk factors for non-routine discharge after lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis
Elsamadicy AA, Freedman IG, Koo AB, David W, Hengartner AC, Havlik J, Reeves BC, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Kolb L, Laurans M, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Patient- and hospital-related risk factors for non-routine discharge after lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2021, 209: 106902. PMID: 34481141, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-routine dischargeDependent functional statusAdverse eventsIndependent predictorsUnplanned readmissionLonger LOSSpinal decompressionLumbar spondylolisthesisFemale sexFunctional statusSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNon-Hispanic black race/ethnicityHospital-related risk factorsQuality Improvement Program databaseNon-Hispanic black raceICD-9-CM diagnosisBlack race/ethnicityMultivariate logistic regression modelNon-home dischargeHospital-related factorsImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studyLength of stayProcedural Coding SystemThe Effects of Pulmonary Risk Factors on Hospital Resource Use After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Correction
Elsamadicy AA, Freedman IG, Koo AB, David WB, Havlik J, Kundishora AJ, Sciubba DM, Kahle KT, DiLuna M. The Effects of Pulmonary Risk Factors on Hospital Resource Use After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Correction. World Neurosurgery 2021, 149: e737-e747. PMID: 33548534, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.01.109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior spinal fusionAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisPreoperative pulmonary risk factorsPulmonary risk factorsLonger hospital stayRisk factorsUnplanned readmissionHospital stayDischarge dispositionSpinal fusionNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseSignificant independent risk factorsAdolescent idiopathic scoliosis correctionRetrospective cohort studyIndependent risk factorHospital resource useLength of stayIdiopathic scoliosis correctionHigh rateLonger hospitalPostoperative complicationsCohort studyIntraoperative variablesPatient demographics