2021
Administrative Claims Measure for Profiling Hospital Performance Based on 90-Day All-Cause Mortality Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Mori M, Nasir K, Bao H, Jimenez A, Legore SS, Wang Y, Grady J, Lama SD, Brandi N, Lin Z, Kurlansky P, Geirsson A, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Suter LG. Administrative Claims Measure for Profiling Hospital Performance Based on 90-Day All-Cause Mortality Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2021, 14: e006644. PMID: 33535776, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.120.006644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryBypass graft surgeryMortality rateGraft surgeryC-statisticMedicaid ServicesAdministrative Claims MeasureCause mortality ratesMortality measuresUnadjusted mortality ratesProfiling Hospital PerformanceHierarchical logistic regression modelsAlternate payment modelsHospital performanceLogistic regression modelsCABG recoveryPayment modelsCABG surgeryCause mortalityCABG proceduresDays postsurgeryHospital levelSurgery
2018
Sex and Race Differences in the Utilization and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999–2014
Angraal S, Khera R, Wang Y, Lu Y, Jean R, Dreyer RP, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Krumholz HM. Sex and Race Differences in the Utilization and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999–2014. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e009014. PMID: 30005557, PMCID: PMC6064835, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.009014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypassCABG utilizationArtery bypassUse of CABGService Medicare beneficiariesCalendar year trendsCABG mortalityUnderwent CABGReadmission ratesCABG proceduresWhite patientsBlack patientsPatient groupMedicare beneficiariesMedicare feeMortality rateCABGAnnual declineWomenRacial subgroupsRacial differencesGreater declineOutcomesPatientsSex
2007
Temporal Trends of Outcomes for Nonagenarians Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, 1993 to 1999
Lichtman JH, Kapoor R, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Allen NB, Krumholz HM. Temporal Trends of Outcomes for Nonagenarians Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, 1993 to 1999. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2007, 100: 1630-1634. PMID: 18036360, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.06.067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCABG proceduresMortality outcomesMortality rateLong-term mortality outcomesShort-term mortality outcomesOverall crude mortality rateService Medicare patientsCoronary artery bypassLength of stayCrude mortality rateService Medicare beneficiariesSkilled nursing facilitiesHigh mortality rateProjected life expectancyNumber of proceduresArtery bypassDischarge dispositionMedicare patientsMedicare beneficiariesNursing facilitiesNonagenariansMean lengthTemporal trendsLife expectancyWomen