2024
Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Dementia Before and After Diagnosis
Gettel C, Song Y, Rothenberg C, Kitchen C, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Fried T, Brody A, Nothelle S, Wolff J, Venkatesh A. Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Dementia Before and After Diagnosis. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2439421. PMID: 39401040, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd‐of‐life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study
Gettel C, Kitchen C, Rothenberg C, Song Y, Hastings S, Kennedy M, Ouchi K, Haimovich A, Hwang U, Venkatesh A. End‐of‐life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024 PMID: 39311623, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-lifeOut-of-pocket spendingED visitsTotal healthcare spendingMedicare beneficiariesHealthcare spendingEmergency departmentOlder adultsMedicare Current Beneficiary Survey dataAnalysis of Medicare beneficiariesPooled cross-sectional analysisEmergency department usePrimary outcomeDecreased likelihoodDiagnosis of dementiaOut-of-pocket costsNationally representative studyNationally representative sampleAdult decedentsHospice statusDepartment useED useED servicesHealth careHealthcare expendituresPre-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 responseRSMRs
2022
Identifying high-value care for Medicare beneficiaries: a cross-sectional study of acute care hospitals in the USA
Herrin J, Yu H, Venkatesh AK, Desai SM, Thiel CL, Lin Z, Bernheim SM, Horwitz LI. Identifying high-value care for Medicare beneficiaries: a cross-sectional study of acute care hospitals in the USA. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e053629. PMID: 35361641, PMCID: PMC8971780, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053629.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care hospitalsHigh-value careStar hospitalsCare hospitalMedicare spendingEligible Medicare patientsRetrospective observational studyCross-sectional studyNon-teaching statusHigh-quality careHigh-quality hospitalsLow-cost hospitalsHigh-cost hospitalsCharacteristics of hospitalsValue of careSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeMedicare patientsObservational studyMedicare beneficiariesHospitalQuality careOverall star ratingHospital Value
2020
Unscheduled Care Access in the United States-A Tale of Two Emergency Departments
Venkatesh AK, Greenwood-Ericksen MB, Mei H, Rothenberg C, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Unscheduled Care Access in the United States-A Tale of Two Emergency Departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 45: 374-377. PMID: 33143957, PMCID: PMC8076339, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.08.095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital referral regionsED visit ratesEmergency departmentCare ratesVisit ratesMedicare Chronic Conditions WarehouseHospital-based emergency departmentsRole of EDsChronic Conditions WarehouseProportion of beneficiariesDartmouth Atlas hospital referral regionHealthcare delivery systemED utilizationED visitsED useUnscheduled careReferral regionsUrban zip codesCare accessMedicare beneficiariesCare needsCare deliveryOffice settingCare capabilitiesDisproportionate barriersWhere Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home?
Venkatesh AK, Gettel CJ, Mei H, Chou SC, Rothenberg C, Liu SL, D’Onofrio G, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home? Journal Of Applied Gerontology 2020, 40: 828-836. PMID: 32842827, PMCID: PMC7904961, DOI: 10.1177/0733464820950125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care visitsCare visitsEmergency departmentMedicare beneficiariesSNF staySNF servicesSkilled nursing facility residentsNursing facility residentsSkilled nursing facility servicesAcute care capabilitiesCross-sectional analysisNursing facility servicesHigher proportionAcute careMedical homeFacility residentsCare capabilitiesVisitsNumber of daysStayCareDepartmentFacility servicesBeneficiariesProportionCross‐sectional Analysis of Emergency Department and Acute Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Venkatesh AK, Mei H, Shuling L, D’Onofrio G, Rothenberg C, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Cross‐sectional Analysis of Emergency Department and Acute Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 570-579. PMID: 32302034, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsEmergency departmentUnscheduled careMedicare beneficiariesCross-sectional analysisVisit ratesCare servicesHighest ED visit ratesNumber of EDVulnerable subpopulationsSkilled nursing facility useAmbulatory office settingNon-ED settingsUnscheduled care servicesAcute care utilizationED visit ratesOffice-based visitsAcute care servicesClaims-based definitionNursing facility useMedicare beneficiaries age 65Dual-eligible beneficiariesOlder adult populationBeneficiaries age 65Care visits
2016
2EMF Use of the Emergency Department for Acute, Unscheduled Care by Vulnerable Medicare Beneficiaries
Venkatesh A, Mei H, Spatz E, Eichenfeld J, Krumholz H, Lin Z. 2EMF Use of the Emergency Department for Acute, Unscheduled Care by Vulnerable Medicare Beneficiaries. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2016, 68: s149-s150. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.408.Peer-Reviewed Original Research