2020
Identifying characteristics of high-poverty counties in the United States with high well-being: an observational cross-sectional study
Arora A, Spatz ES, Herrin J, Riley C, Roy B, Rula EY, Kell KP, Krumholz HM. Identifying characteristics of high-poverty counties in the United States with high well-being: an observational cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e035645. PMID: 32948545, PMCID: PMC7500307, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObservational cross-sectional studyCross-sectional studyHigh-poverty countiesMean wellRobert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health RankingsLow physical inactivityPrimary care physiciansCounty characteristicsPopulation health modelCounty Health RankingsPreventable hospital staysHospital stayCare physiciansHighest quartilePhysical inactivityHigh percentageMAIN OUTCOMELow prevalenceIndex scoreHeavy drinkersHealth RankingsPopulation-level measuresHealth modelBottom quintileTop quintile
2007
Acute Myocardial Infarction and Congestive Heart Failure Outcomes at Specialty Cardiac Hospitals
Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Cram P, Birkmeyer JD, Ross JS, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Acute Myocardial Infarction and Congestive Heart Failure Outcomes at Specialty Cardiac Hospitals. Circulation 2007, 116: 2280-2287. PMID: 17967975, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.709220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongestive heart failureRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionStandardized mortality ratioSpecialty cardiac hospitalsCardiac hospitalGeneral HospitalMortality ratioMortality rateMyocardial infarctionCongestive heart failure outcomesHeart failure outcomesOutcomes of patientsProportion of facilitiesHeart failureNoncardiovascular diseasesLow prevalencePatient differencesMedicare dataPatientsHospitalFailure outcomesInfarctionOutcomesType of facility