2024
Reliability of a Measure of Admission Intensity for Emergency Physicians
Janke A, Oskvarek J, Zocchi M, Cai A, Litvak O, Pines J, Venkatesh A. Reliability of a Measure of Admission Intensity for Emergency Physicians. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: 295-304. PMID: 38430082, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchED admission ratesIntraclass correlation coefficientAdmission ratesEmergency departmentAverage admission rateMeasures of emergency departmentValue-based care programsInternational Classification of DiseasesClassification of DiseasesLinear probability modelsMultilevel linear probability modelsCare programED visitsInternational ClassificationEmergency physiciansDiagnosis codesCorrelation coefficientPhysiciansIdentifying high-Reduce variationIntraclassStandard deviationAdmissionClinical conditionsAssess stability
2023
Development and Internal Validation of an Emergency Department Admission Intensity Measure Using Data From a National Group
Oskvarek J, Zocchi M, Cai A, Venkat A, Janke A, Venkatesh A, Pines J, Group A. Development and Internal Validation of an Emergency Department Admission Intensity Measure Using Data From a National Group. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 316-325. PMID: 36669915, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdmission ratesSeparate technical panelEvidence-based protocolsICD-10 diagnosisValue-based payment modelsPhysician's discretionED diagnosisEmergency physiciansInternational ClassificationPhysician levelFacility levelPhysiciansInternal validationQuarterly ratesAdministrative dataFace validityDiagnosisPayment modelsLinear probability modelsICC
2021
Emergency Department Utilization for Emergency Conditions During COVID-19
Venkatesh AK, Janke AT, Shu-Xia L, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Terry A, Lin M. Emergency Department Utilization for Emergency Conditions During COVID-19. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 84-91. PMID: 33840512, PMCID: PMC7805390, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED visitsED visit countsVisit countsClinical Modification codesEmergency department utilizationAcute myocardial infarctionEmergency Department registryCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreakCoronavirus disease 2019Emergency department (ED) visitationEmergency medical conditionsClinical quality registryTotal visit countsDisease 2019 outbreakCerebrovascular diseaseMyocardial infarctionQuality registryTenth RevisionDisease 2019Medical conditionsEmergency conditionsInternational ClassificationEmergency carePrepandemic levelsDepartment registry