2019
Changes in Discharge to Rehabilitation: Potential Unintended Consequences of Medicare Total Hip Arthroplasty/Total Knee Arthroplasty Bundled Payments, Should They Be Implemented on a Nationwide Scale?
Zogg CK, Falvey JR, Dimick JB, Haider AH, Davis KA, Grauer JN. Changes in Discharge to Rehabilitation: Potential Unintended Consequences of Medicare Total Hip Arthroplasty/Total Knee Arthroplasty Bundled Payments, Should They Be Implemented on a Nationwide Scale? The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2019, 34: 1058-1065.e4. PMID: 30878508, PMCID: PMC6884960, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2019.01.068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedArthroplasty, Replacement, HipArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeComputer SimulationDecision TreesElective Surgical ProceduresHumansMedicareMiddle AgedMonte Carlo MethodPatient DischargePatient Protection and Affordable Care ActPatient ReadmissionQuality of LifeRehabilitationReimbursement MechanismsSkilled Nursing FacilitiesUnited StatesConceptsExtent of therapyHealth-related qualityType of rehabilitationFunctional recoveryPatients' health-related qualitySkilled nursing facility useElective total hipPrimary TKA patientsOutcomes of patientsPatient-centered outcomesPatients' functional recoveryInpatient rehabilitation facilityNursing facility useEpisode of careAverage functional outcomeBundled payment programsDischarge dispositionTKA patientsUnplanned readmissionTotal hipFunctional outcomeAffordable Care ActOutcome measuresRehabilitation facilityBundled Payments
2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients
Zogg CK, Jiang W, Ottesen TD, Shafi S, Schuster K, Becher R, Davis KA, Haider AH. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients. Annals Of Surgery 2018, 268: 968-979. PMID: 28742704, PMCID: PMC5783796, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgery patientsNon-Hispanic whitesGeneral surgery patientsLong-term outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic AsiansMinority patientsMajor morbidityUnplanned readmissionSurgery patientsOlder adultsRisk-adjusted Cox proportional hazards modelsEthnic disparitiesCox proportional hazards modelDiagnostic categoriesRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesUS population agesProportional hazards modelNHB patientsNonagenarian patientsNHW patientsBACKGROUND DATAHospital's percentageMortality differencesMedicare data