2009
Reduction in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in the United States: Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates From 1995-2006
Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Drye EE, Spertus JA, Ross JS, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Lichtman JH, Havranek EP, Masoudi FA, Radford MJ, Han LF, Rapp MT, Straube BM, Normand SL. Reduction in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in the United States: Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates From 1995-2006. JAMA 2009, 302: 767-773. PMID: 19690309, PMCID: PMC3349070, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionShort-term mortality rateMortality rateHospital variationNonfederal acute care hospitalsAcute myocardial infarction mortalityHospital mortality rateDay of admissionRisk standardized mortality ratesAcute care hospitalsMyocardial infarction mortalityHealth care professionalsIndex hospitalizationCare hospitalMyocardial infarctionNational averagePatient levelMedicare patientsObservational studyMedical adviceHospital varianceMAIN OUTCOMECare professionalsPatients
2007
Certificate of Need Regulation and Cardiac Catheterization Appropriateness After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Ross JS, Ho V, Wang Y, Cha SS, Epstein AJ, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Certificate of Need Regulation and Cardiac Catheterization Appropriateness After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2007, 115: 1012-1019. PMID: 17283258, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.658377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionCardiac catheterizationHospital coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryLower ratesUS acute care hospitalsCardiac catheterization capabilitiesChart-abstracted dataBypass graft surgeryDay of admissionAcute care hospitalsComplex medical careQuality of careGraft surgeryCatheterization ratesClinical characteristicsCON regulationsHospital characteristicsMedicare patientsRetrospective analysisCatheterizationHealthcare costsFull cohort