2020
Quantifying the Impact of Care Fragmentation on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Hirji SA, Zogg CK, Vaduganathan M, Kiehm S, Percy ED, Yazdchi F, Pelletier M, Shah PB, Bhatt DL, O'Gara P, Kaneko T. Quantifying the Impact of Care Fragmentation on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 128: 113-119. PMID: 32650903, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiac CatheterizationCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.ComorbidityContinuity of Patient CareCoronary AngiographyDiabetes MellitusFemaleHospital CostsHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansHypertensionLength of StayLung DiseasesMaleMultivariate AnalysisPacemaker, ArtificialPatient ReadmissionPericardiocentesisPostoperative ComplicationsProsthesis ImplantationStrokeTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementUnited StatesConceptsNonindex hospitalNonindex readmissionsCare fragmentationTranscatheter aortic valve implantation outcomesTranscatheter aortic valve implantationHigher co-morbidity burdenNational Readmission DatabaseAortic valve implantationCo-morbidity burdenTotal hospital costsMajor cardiac proceduresUS adult patientsFuture health policyValue of careIndex readmissionTAVI patientsCause mortalityIndex hospitalNoncardiac causesAdult patientsPatient characteristicsReadmission ratesValve implantationReadmission lengthCardiac procedures
2018
The Cost of Complications Following Major Resection of Malignant Neoplasia
Zogg CK, Ottesen TD, Kebaish KJ, Galivanche A, Murthy S, Changoor NR, Zogg DL, Pawlik TM, Haider AH. The Cost of Complications Following Major Resection of Malignant Neoplasia. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2018, 22: 1976-1986. PMID: 29946953, PMCID: PMC6224301, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-018-3850-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental hospital costsHospital costsMalignant neoplasiaMajor resectionResection typePre-discharge complicationsSystem-based complicationsImpact of complicationsComplex surgical patientsCost of complicationsLong-term treatmentMore complex patientsMajor gastrointestinal resectionsProviders/payersValue of carePulmonary complicationsUrinary complicationsComplication groupInfectious complicationsAdult patientsRectal resectionSurgical patientsGastrointestinal resectionGI diseaseSurgical outcomes