2021
The Utility of a Novel Definition of Health Care Regions in the United States in the Era of COVID-19: A Validation of the Pittsburgh Atlas Using Pneumonia Admissions
Dalton MK, Miller AL, Bergmark RW, Semco R, Zogg CK, Goralnick E, Jarman MP. The Utility of a Novel Definition of Health Care Regions in the United States in the Era of COVID-19: A Validation of the Pittsburgh Atlas Using Pneumonia Admissions. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 79: 518-526. PMID: 34952728, PMCID: PMC8612818, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.11.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care regionAcute medical conditionsState Inpatient DatabasesCare regionConcordant carePneumonia admissionsMedical conditionsQuality's State Inpatient DatabasesDiagnosis of sepsisRace/ethnicityInpatient DatabaseSecondary diagnosisInsurance statusPrimary diagnosisInclusion criteriaHospital regionReferral regionsEmergency careLevels of severityConcordance rateLogistic regressionDartmouth AtlasHealthcare ResearchCareHealth care
2015
Morbidity or mortality? Variations in trauma centres in the rescue of older injured patients
Zafar SN, Shah AA, Zogg CK, Hashmi ZG, Greene WR, Haut ER, Cornwell EE, Haider AH. Morbidity or mortality? Variations in trauma centres in the rescue of older injured patients. Injury 2015, 47: 1091-1097. PMID: 26724172, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.11.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedAged, 80 and overComorbidityDatabases, FactualFailure to Rescue, Health CareFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHospital MortalityHumansInjury Severity ScoreLength of StayMaleMedicaidPneumoniaPostoperative ComplicationsRespiratory Distress SyndromeRisk AssessmentTrauma CentersUnited StatesWounds and InjuriesConceptsOlder trauma patientsMajor complicationsTrauma centerOld traumaRisk-adjusted ratesOlder patientsTrauma patientsNational Trauma Data BankFacility-level covariatesRisk-adjusted incidenceTrauma Data BankProcess of careType of injuryLogistic regression analysisPatient demographicsGeriatric traumaComorbid conditionsGeriatric patientsHigher proportionSerious complicationsInclusion criteriaInjury severityPatientsRescue ratesVital signs