2016
ASSOCIATIONS OF HOSPITAL STRATEGIES AND 30-DAY RISK-STANDARDIZED READMISSION RATES IN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Minges K, Herrin J, Desai N, Messenger J, Nallamothu B, Rumsfeld J, Elma M, Chen P, Ting H, Curtis J. ASSOCIATIONS OF HOSPITAL STRATEGIES AND 30-DAY RISK-STANDARDIZED READMISSION RATES IN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2016, 67: 2105. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(16)32106-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk-standardized readmission ratesPercutaneous coronary interventionAssociation of hospitalCoronary interventionReadmission ratesHospital
2015
Readmissions After Carotid Artery Revascularization in the Medicare Population
Al-Damluji MS, Dharmarajan K, Zhang W, Geary LL, Stilp E, Dardik A, Mena-Hurtado C, Curtis JP. Readmissions After Carotid Artery Revascularization in the Medicare Population. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 65: 1398-1408. PMID: 25857904, PMCID: PMC4403264, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.01.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized readmission ratesCarotid artery stentingHospital risk-standardized readmission ratesCarotid revascularizationCarotid endarterectomyReadmission ratesHospital variationReadmission riskService administrative claims dataKaplan-Meier survival curvesLogistic regressionCarotid artery revascularizationPrior clinical researchAcute care hospitalizationDays of dischargeHospital-level variationSevere carotid stenosisCause hospital readmissionAdministrative claims dataMixed-effects logistic regressionChoice of procedureArtery revascularizationIschemic strokeArtery stentingHospital readmission