2017
Quality of Care in the United States Territories, 1999–2012
Nuti SV, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Nunez-Smith M, Normand ST, Murugiah K, Rodríguez-Vilá O, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. Quality of Care in the United States Territories, 1999–2012. Medical Care 2017, 55: 886-892. PMID: 28906314, PMCID: PMC6482857, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureHospitalization ratesMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateService Medicare beneficiariesQuality of careRecent study periodPneumonia hospitalizationsMyocardial infarctionPatient outcomesMillions of AmericansMedicare feeHealth outcomesPneumoniaService beneficiariesHospital reimbursementUnique beneficiariesHealth equityStudy periodPatient paymentsInpatient paymentsHealth careMortalityCareAdmission Glucose and In-hospital Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with or without Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study
Zhao S, Murugiah K, Li N, Li X, Xu ZH, Li J, Cheng C, Mao H, Downing NS, Krumholz HM, Jiang LX. Admission Glucose and In-hospital Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with or without Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study. Chinese Medical Journal 2017, 130: 767-775. PMID: 28345539, PMCID: PMC5381309, DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.202733.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionAbsence of diabetesAdverse clinical eventsAdmission glucoseNondiabetic patientsClinical eventsPrognostic valueBlood glucoseMyocardial infarctionRepresentative sampleGlucose levelsPatientsAdmissionMortalityGlucosePrior studiesHyperglycemiaInfarctionDiabetesMixed resultsStatistical power
2015
Trends in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 2007 to 2012
Murugiah K, Wang Y, Desai NR, Spatz ES, Nuti SV, Dreyer RP, Krumholz HM. Trends in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 2007 to 2012. JACC Heart Failure 2015, 4: 197-205. PMID: 26746377, PMCID: PMC5323042, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.09.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term outcomesReadmission ratesNonwhite patientsHospitalization ratesSecondary diagnosisMedicare feeYears of ageTakotsubo cardiomyopathyWorse outcomesWhite racePatientsService beneficiariesHospitalMortalityTime pointsOutcomesHospitalizationCohortDiagnosisRepresentative dataTakotsuboTTCReadmissionCardiomyopathyYears