2019
Medicare's Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program Disproportionately Affects Minority-serving Hospitals: Variation by Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Receipt.
Zogg CK, Thumma JR, Ryan AM, Dimick JB. Medicare's Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program Disproportionately Affects Minority-serving Hospitals: Variation by Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Receipt. Annals Of Surgery 2019, 271: 985-993. PMID: 31469746, PMCID: PMC8106480, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleHospitalsHumansIatrogenic DiseaseMaleMedicareMinority GroupsMorbidityProgram EvaluationQuality Indicators, Health CareSocial ClassUnited States
2016
Unplanned 30-day readmissions in orthopaedic trauma
Metcalfe D, Olufajo OA, Zogg CK, Rios-Diaz A, Harris M, Weaver MJ, Haider AH, Salim A. Unplanned 30-day readmissions in orthopaedic trauma. Injury 2016, 47: 1794-1797. PMID: 27262770, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedCaliforniaChildChild, PreschoolComorbidityFemaleHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedOrthopedic ProceduresPatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSurgical Wound InfectionTime FactorsWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultConceptsTrauma patientsCharlson Comorbidity IndexOverall readmission rateOrthopaedic trauma patientsPrimary outcome measureHospital quality metricsUnplanned readmission riskTrauma readmissionsComorbidity indexInitial hospitalizationReadmission ratesHospital readmissionPatient factorsProcedural complicationsTrauma admissionsMale sexReadmission riskSpinal fracturesCardiopulmonary diseaseBlack racePrimary diagnosisAcute hospitalsMusculoskeletal problemsObservational studyMedical advice“Halo effect” in trauma centers: does it extend to emergent colectomy?
Nagarajan N, Selvarajah S, Gani F, Alshaikh HN, Giuliano K, Zogg CK, Schneider EB, Haider AH. “Halo effect” in trauma centers: does it extend to emergent colectomy? Journal Of Surgical Research 2016, 203: 231-237. PMID: 27125867, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.01.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overColectomyDatabases, FactualDiverticulitis, ColonicEmergenciesFemaleHospital ChargesHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayLinear ModelsLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPoisson DistributionQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareTrauma CentersTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsLength of stayNontrauma centersHospital-level characteristicsTrauma centerEmergent colectomyEmergency general surgery conditionsEmergency general surgery proceduresNationwide Emergency Department SampleEmergency surgical interventionOdds of mortalityEmergency Department SampleGeneral surgery proceduresNontrauma conditionsHospital mortalityMedian ageSurgical interventionSurgical conditionsImproved outcomesSex distributionSurgical careMedian chargePatientsSurgery proceduresSurgery conditionsCase mix