2014
National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release
Suter LG, Li SX, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Bhat KR, Turkmani D, Spivack SB, Lindenauer PK, Merrill AR, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 29: 1333-1340. PMID: 24825244, PMCID: PMC4175654, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2862-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePneumonia mortalityMyocardial infarctionMedian risk-standardized mortality rateHospital-level mortalityUnplanned readmission ratePrincipal discharge diagnosisHospital performanceRisk-Standardized MortalityHF mortalityReadmission resultsReadmission ratesDischarge diagnosisOutcome measuresAMI mortalityReadmission measuresPneumoniaMortality rateService MedicareHierarchical logistic modelsMortalityMedicaid ServicesReadmission
2003
Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons
Inouye SK, Bogardus ST, Vitagliano G, Desai MM, Williams CS, Grady JN, Scinto JD. Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons. Medical Care 2003, 41: 70-83. PMID: 12544545, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200301000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesComorbidityCost of IllnessFemaleFollow-Up StudiesForecastingGeriatric AssessmentHealth StatusHospitalizationHospitals, TeachingHumansMaleMortalityPneumoniaProbabilityProportional Hazards ModelsRisk AdjustmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsConceptsGroup IHazard ratioIllness scoresOverall mortalityC-statisticElderly personsHospitalized older personsHigh-risk diagnosesRisk adjustment indexProspective cohortValidation cohortDevelopment cohortUniversity HospitalPhysiologic abnormalitiesRisk factorsFunctional impairmentRisk groupsMedicine serviceMortality predictionMortality rateGroup IICohortOlder personsFinal modelGroup III
2001
Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers
Lyder C, Preston J, Grady J, Scinto J, Allman R, Bergstrom N, Rodeheaver G. Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers. JAMA Internal Medicine 2001, 161: 1549-1554. PMID: 11427104, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.12.1549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge DistributionAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleGuideline AdherenceHospital UnitsHumansIncidenceLength of StayMaleMedicarePressure UlcerProcess Assessment, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSex DistributionUnited StatesConceptsProcess of careDaily skin assessmentPressure ulcersPressure ulcer predictionNutritional consultationSkin assessmentMedicare patientsPressure-reducing devicesUS hospitalsMulticenter retrospective cohort studyStage 1 pressure ulcersState's peer review organizationKaplan-Meier survival analysisNutritional risk factorsRetrospective cohort studyCongestive heart failureMedical record abstractionAcute care hospitalsPressure ulcer developmentQuality of careCohort studyCare hospitalHeart failureRecord abstractionPeer review organizations