2019
Association of Medicaid Expansion With Access to Rehabilitative Care in Adult Trauma Patients
Zogg CK, Scott JW, Metcalfe D, Gluck AR, Curfman GD, Davis KA, Dimick JB, Haider AH. Association of Medicaid Expansion With Access to Rehabilitative Care in Adult Trauma Patients. JAMA Surgery 2019, 154: 402-411. PMID: 30601888, PMCID: PMC6537775, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5177.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult trauma patientsTrauma patientsMedicaid expansionNonexpansion statesInsurance coverageAffordable Care ActExpansion statesPatient ProtectionInpatient rehabilitation facilityCare ActSkilled nursing facilitiesMedicaid expansion statesSex-based disparitiesHome health agenciesRace/ethnicityPostdischarge careTrauma populationFunctional outcomeRehabilitation gainsLeading causeRehabilitative careTrauma outcomesMAIN OUTCOMENursing facilitiesRehabilitation facility
2015
ICD-9 diagnosis codes have poor sensitivity for identification of preexisting comorbidities in traumatic fracture patients
Samuel AM, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Bohl DD, Basques BA, Davis KA, Grauer JN. ICD-9 diagnosis codes have poor sensitivity for identification of preexisting comorbidities in traumatic fracture patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2015, 79: 622-630. PMID: 26402537, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD-9 diagnosis codesNational Trauma Data BankInjury Severity ScoreProximal tibia fracturesBilling codesTibia fracturesDiagnosis codesOdds ratioSurgeons National Trauma Data BankICD-9 billing codesTraumatic fracture patientsPrevious myocardial infarctionTrauma Data BankICD-9 diagnosisMultivariate logistic regressionLarge national databaseICD-9 codingAdministrative billing codesFracture patientsIndividual comorbiditiesPatient comorbiditiesComorbidity diagnosesProspective studyTrauma populationMyocardial infarction