2024
Measuring Equity in Readmission as an Assessment of Hospital Performance—Reply
Weerahandi H, Nash K, Bernheim S. Measuring Equity in Readmission as an Assessment of Hospital Performance—Reply. JAMA 2024, 331: 1677-1678. PMID: 38648068, PMCID: PMC11528418, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.4354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-COVID-19 hospital quality and hospital response to COVID-19: examining associations between risk-adjusted mortality for patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and pre-COVID-19 hospital quality
Peter D, Li S, Wang Y, Zhang J, Grady J, McDowell K, Norton E, Lin Z, Bernheim S, Venkatesh A, Fleisher L, Schreiber M, Suter L, Triche E. Pre-COVID-19 hospital quality and hospital response to COVID-19: examining associations between risk-adjusted mortality for patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and pre-COVID-19 hospital quality. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e077394. PMID: 38553067, PMCID: PMC10982775, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital qualityPatient experiencePre-COVID-19Medicare patientsShort-term acute care hospitalsCritical access hospitalsAcute care hospitalsFuture public health emergenciesHigher odds of mortalityIn-hospitalRisk-adjusted mortalityOdds of mortalityCare deliveryAccess hospitalsEffective careCOVID-19-related deathsAssociated with mortalityCare structuresHospital characteristicsPublic health emergencySummary scoreMedicare beneficiariesHigher oddsHospital responseRSMRsMeasuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance
Nash K, Weerahandi H, Yu H, Venkatesh A, Holaday L, Herrin J, Lin Z, Horwitz L, Ross J, Bernheim S. Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance. JAMA 2024, 331: 111-123. PMID: 38193960, PMCID: PMC10777266, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack patientsPatient populationHospital characteristicsHospital-wide readmission measureDual-eligible patientsHospital patient populationCross-sectional studyMeasures of hospitalHealth care qualityPatient demographicsReadmission ratesClinical outcomesPatient raceEligible hospitalsReadmissionMAIN OUTCOMEReadmission measuresMedicare dataUS hospitalsHospitalCare qualityPatientsMedicaid ServicesOutcomesLower percentage
2000
Medicaid managed care's impact on safety-net clinics in California
Bindman A, Grumbach K, Bernheim S, Vranizan K, Cousineau M. Medicaid managed care's impact on safety-net clinics in California. Health Affairs 2000, 19: 194-202. PMID: 10645087, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.19.1.194.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Evaluating Needle Exchange: A Description of Client Characteristics, Health Status, Program Utilization, and HIV Risk Behavior
Guydish J, Bucardo J, Clark G, Bernheim S. Evaluating Needle Exchange: A Description of Client Characteristics, Health Status, Program Utilization, and HIV Risk Behavior. Substance Use & Misuse 1998, 33: 1173-1196. PMID: 9596382, DOI: 10.3109/10826089809062213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeedle exchange programsRisk behaviorsSan Francisco needle exchange programNeedle exchangeHealth statusSharing of needlesHIV risk behaviorsDrug use characteristicsMean ageInfectious diseasesComparison groupSame needleProgram utilizationNEP programDescriptive reportClient characteristicsHigher proportionDiverse ethnicitiesNeedleStatusHIVDiseaseExchange programs