2018
Association of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities With Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia
Downing NS, Wang C, Gupta A, Wang Y, Nuti SV, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Lin Z, Normand ST, Krumholz HM. Association of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities With Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e182044. PMID: 30646146, PMCID: PMC6324513, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.2044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBlack PeopleCohort StudiesFee-for-Service PlansFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHeart FailureHospitalizationHospitalsHumansMaleMedicareMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionOutcome Assessment, Health CarePneumoniaRacial GroupsRetrospective StudiesSocial ClassUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized readmission ratesReadmission ratesHeart failureMyocardial infarctionMortality rateIntraclass correlation coefficientAnalysis cohortBlack patientsHospital proportionSocioeconomic disparitiesHospital analysisRisk-standardized outcomesRisk-standardized ratesRetrospective cohort studySocioeconomic statusNeighborhood income levelHospital performanceHospital outcomesCohort studyNumber of hospitalsBroader systemic effectsPatient raceMAIN OUTCOME
2016
Participation of the elderly, women, and minorities in pivotal trials supporting 2011–2013 U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals
Downing NS, Shah ND, Neiman JH, Aminawung JA, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Participation of the elderly, women, and minorities in pivotal trials supporting 2011–2013 U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals. Trials 2016, 17: 199. PMID: 27079511, PMCID: PMC4832528, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1322-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedClinical Trials as TopicCross-Sectional StudiesDatabases, FactualDrug ApprovalEthnicityFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsPatient SelectionSex FactorsTime FactorsUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationConceptsSubgroup efficacy analysesPivotal trialsEfficacy analysisNovel therapeuticsSubgroup analysisTrial participantsU.S. FoodMean proportionAvailable FDA documentsCross-sectional studyDrug Administration approvalBasis of approvalYears of ageTrial patientsElderly patientsMedian ageBlack patientsAsian patientsAdministration approvalClinical studiesFDA reviewersPatientsHispanic participantsTrialsDemographic characteristics
2015
No Time to Wait
Ross JS, Katz MH. No Time to Wait. JAMA Internal Medicine 2015, 175: 1-1. PMID: 26437319, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.5393.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters