2018
Variation in the Diagnosis of Aspiration Pneumonia and Association with Hospital Pneumonia Outcomes
Lindenauer PK, Strait KM, Grady JN, Ngo CK, Parisi ML, Metersky M, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Dorsey K. Variation in the Diagnosis of Aspiration Pneumonia and Association with Hospital Pneumonia Outcomes. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2018, 15: 562-569. PMID: 29298090, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201709-728oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAspiration pneumoniaHospital mortalityHospital patientsMortality rateLower risk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized ratesPatients 65 yearsHospital readmission ratesNational mortality ratesPneumonia cohortPneumonia outcomesHospital outcomesReadmission ratesHospital differencesPrincipal diagnosisOutcome measuresReadmission measuresHospital codingMedicare feePneumoniaService claimsPatientsMedian proportionMortality
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