2019
Association Between Insurance Status and Access to Hospital Care in Emergency Department Disposition
Venkatesh AK, Chou SC, Li SX, Choi J, Ross JS, D’Onofrio G, Krumholz HM, Dharmarajan K. Association Between Insurance Status and Access to Hospital Care in Emergency Department Disposition. JAMA Internal Medicine 2019, 179: 686-693. PMID: 30933243, PMCID: PMC6503571, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAsthmaCritical CareCross-Sectional StudiesDatabases, FactualEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHospitalizationHumansInsurance CoverageInsurance, HealthLung DiseasesMaleMedicaidMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedPatient DischargePatient TransferPneumoniaPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveUnited StatesConceptsNational Emergency Department SampleEmergency Department SampleCommon medical conditionsUninsured patientsCritical care capabilitiesED dischargeED visitsED transfersPulmonary diseaseCare capabilitiesInsurance statusHigher oddsMedicaid beneficiariesMedical conditionsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAcute pulmonary diseaseEmergency department transfersAdult ED visitsHospital admission ratesObstructive pulmonary diseaseEmergency department dispositionPatient insurance statusPatient case mixHospital ownership statusIntensive care capabilities
2018
Disparities in the Use of Programmed Death 1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
O'Connor JM, Seidl‐Rathkopf K, Torres AZ, You P, Carson KR, Ross JS, Gross CP. Disparities in the Use of Programmed Death 1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. The Oncologist 2018, 23: 1388-1390. PMID: 30012876, PMCID: PMC6291337, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0673.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerAnti-PD1 agentsAnti-PD1 treatmentImmune checkpoint inhibitorsCheckpoint inhibitorsDeath-1 immune checkpoint inhibitorPrior anticancer therapyDeath protein 1Cell lung cancerCommunity-based cohortAdvanced-stage cancerRenal cell carcinomaSex-based disparitiesSystemic treatmentCell carcinomaLung cancerMultivariable modelObservational studyHigher oddsStage cancerRace-based disparitiesPatient careAnticancer therapyProtein 1Patients
2015
Predictors and outcomes of unplanned readmission to a different hospital
Kim H, Hung WW, Paik MC, Ross JS, Zhao Z, Kim GS, Boockvar K. Predictors and outcomes of unplanned readmission to a different hospital. International Journal For Quality In Health Care 2015, 27: 513-519. PMID: 26472739, PMCID: PMC4665363, DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferent-hospital readmissionsReadmission groupAcute care hospitalsDifferent hospitalsUnplanned readmissionCare hospitalSame hospitalThirty-day unplanned readmissionsPercent of patientsSame-hospital readmissionsBetter care coordinationHospital deathIndex dischargeIndex hospitalCare coordinationHospital costsReadmissionHigher oddsMAIN OUTCOMEPatientsHealth outcomesCost outcomesHospitalSecondary analysisOutcomes