Faseeha Altaf, MPH, BS
Staff Affiliate - YNHH; Division Lead, Research and Development, CORE; Senior Health Outcomes Researcher I, Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE)
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Selected Publications
- Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission ratesBenchetrit L, Zimmerman C, Bao H, Dharmarajan K, Altaf F, Herrin J, Lin Z, Krumholz HM, Drye EE, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES. Admission diagnoses among patients with heart failure: Variation by ACO performance on a measure of risk-standardized acute admission rates. American Heart Journal 2018, 207: 19-26. PMID: 30404047, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.006.
- Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department UtilizationHorwitz LI, Wang Y, Altaf FK, Wang C, Lin Z, Liu S, Grady J, Bernheim SM, Desai NR, Venkatesh AK, Herrin J. Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization. Medical Care 2018, 56: 281-289. PMID: 29462075, PMCID: PMC6170884, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000882.
- Association Between Postdischarge Emergency Department Visitation and Readmission RatesVenkatesh AK, Wang C, Wang Y, Altaf F, Bernheim SM, Horwitz L. Association Between Postdischarge Emergency Department Visitation and Readmission Rates. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2018, 13: 589-594. PMID: 29538471, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2937.
- Defining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality MeasurementDrye EE, Altaf FK, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES, Montague JA, Bao H, Parzynski CS, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Lin Z. Defining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement. Medical Care 2018, 56: 193-201. PMID: 29271820, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000853.
- Hospital Use of Observation StaysVenkatesh AK, Wang C, Ross JS, Altaf FK, Suter LG, Vellanky S, Grady JN, Bernheim SM. Hospital Use of Observation Stays. Medical Care 2016, 54: 1070-1077. PMID: 27579906, PMCID: PMC5850934, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000601.
- Declining Admission Rates And Thirty-Day Readmission Rates Positively Associated Even Though Patients Grew Sicker Over TimeDharmarajan K, Qin L, Lin Z, Horwitz LI, Ross JS, Drye EE, Keshawarz A, Altaf F, Normand SL, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Declining Admission Rates And Thirty-Day Readmission Rates Positively Associated Even Though Patients Grew Sicker Over Time. Health Affairs 2016, 35: 1294-1302. PMID: 27385247, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1614.
- Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care OrganizationsSpatz ES, Lipska KJ, Dai Y, Bao H, Lin Z, Parzynski CS, Altaf FK, Joyce EK, Montague JA, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations. Medical Care 2016, 54: 528-537. PMID: 26918404, PMCID: PMC5356461, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000518.
- ACUTE ADMISSION RATES FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE CARED FOR BY ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONSSpatz E, Lipska K, Dai Y, Altaf F, Joyce E, Montague J, Bao H, Sutton L, Parzynski C, Herrin J, Zhang V, Ross J, Lin Z, Bernheim S, Krumholz H, Drye E. ACUTE ADMISSION RATES FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE CARED FOR BY ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 65: a782. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(15)60782-3.
- VARIATIONS IN USE OF REMOTE MONITORING OF IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS RELATIVE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF BILLING CODES SPECIFIC TO REMOTE MONITORINGAltaf F, Akar J, Lichtman J, Bao H, Jones P, Varosy P, Masoudi F, Stein K, Saxon L, Curtis J. VARIATIONS IN USE OF REMOTE MONITORING OF IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS RELATIVE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF BILLING CODES SPECIFIC TO REMOTE MONITORING. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 65: a459. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(15)60459-4.
- MicroRNA Biomarkers in MelanomaKozubek J, Altaf F, Dadras S. MicroRNA Biomarkers in Melanoma. 2011, 113-126. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-433-3_9.