2024
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faust J, Renton B, Bongiovanni T, Chen A, Sheares K, Du C, Essien U, Fuentes-Afflick E, Haywood T, Khera R, King T, Li S, Lin Z, Lu Y, Marshall A, Ndumele C, Opara I, Loarte-Rodriguez T, Sawano M, Taparra K, Taylor H, Watson K, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2438918. PMID: 39392630, PMCID: PMC11581672, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 public health emergencyNon-HispanicPublic health emergencyOther Pacific IslanderExcess mortalityAlaska NativesUS populationExcess deathsRates of excess mortalityCross-sectional study analyzed dataYears of potential lifeMortality relative riskNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional studyPacific IslandersStudy analyzed dataAll-cause mortalityEthnic groupsMortality disparitiesMortality ratioTotal populationDeath certificatesEthnic disparitiesMain OutcomesDecedent age
2020
Financial Hardship After Traumatic Injury: Risk Factors and Drivers of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenses
O'Neill KM, Jean RA, Gross CP, Becher RD, Khera R, Elizondo JV, Nasir K. Financial Hardship After Traumatic Injury: Risk Factors and Drivers of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenses. Journal Of Surgical Research 2020, 256: 1-12. PMID: 32663705, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.05.095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolCost of IllnessCross-Sectional StudiesFamilyFemaleFinancial StressHealth ExpendituresHospitalizationHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInsurance, HealthMaleMiddle AgedPrescription DrugsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultConceptsTraumatic injuryOOP expensesPocket health expensesExcess financial burdenHealth expensesInpatient costsCatastrophic medical expensesFinancial burdenMultivariable logistic regression analysisMedical expensesHealth care factorsCostly medical conditionsCross-sectional studyMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyLogistic regression analysisPrescription drug costsFinancial hardshipHealth care systemFamily membersTrauma-related disordersPrimary outcomeCare factorsEmergency roomRisk factorsDrug costs
2019
Pulselessness After Initiation of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Bradycardia in Hospitalized Children
Khera R, Tang Y, Girotra S, Nadkarni VM, Link MS, Raymond TT, Guerguerian AM, Berg RA, Chan PS, Investigators F. Pulselessness After Initiation of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Bradycardia in Hospitalized Children. Circulation 2019, 140: 370-378. PMID: 31006260, PMCID: PMC6663562, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.118.039048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulseless cardiac arrestHospital cardiac arrestCardiac arrestCardiopulmonary resuscitationPediatric patientsHospitalized childrenPoor perfusionHospital dischargeMinutes of CPRPredictors of survivalRate of progressionMultilevel Poisson regression modelsYears of ageRate of survivalPoisson regression modelsRisk-adjusted ratesGuidelines-ResuscitationPostresuscitation careResuscitation attemptsBradycardiaHigh riskPulseless arrestChest compressionsPulselessnessCPR events
2018
Readmissions of adults within three age groups following hospitalization for pneumonia: Analysis from the Nationwide Readmissions Database
Jain S, Khera R, Mortensen EM, Weissler JC. Readmissions of adults within three age groups following hospitalization for pneumonia: Analysis from the Nationwide Readmissions Database. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0203375. PMID: 30212485, PMCID: PMC6136736, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203375.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle-aged adultsNationwide Readmissions DatabaseAge groupsPneumonia readmissionsIndex pneumonia hospitalizationPatterns of readmissionRate of readmissionRisk-adjusted analysisMultivariable regression modelsYears of ageRisk-adjustment modelsPneumonia hospitalizationsReadmission ratesPrimary diagnosisHigh burdenReadmissionReadmission eventsHospitalizationMean costInsurance payerPneumoniaPotential interventionsYoung adultsAdultsSubstantial rate
2013
Gender bias in child care and child health: global patterns
Khera R, Jain S, Lodha R, Ramakrishnan S. Gender bias in child care and child health: global patterns. Archives Of Disease In Childhood 2013, 99: 369. PMID: 24344176, DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical careLife-saving medical carePreventive careImportant contributing factorChild healthPediatric healthcareOverall healthSporadic reportsChildhood ailmentsFemale childrenHealthcare expendituresCareGender ratioYoung girlsContributing factorNumber of girlsGirlsHealthChild careGender-based discriminationSex-selective abortionOutpatientsInpatientsPercentageParental neglect