2019
Association of Statewide Certificate of Need Regulations With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Appropriateness and Outcomes
Chui PW, Parzynski CS, Ross JS, Desai NR, Gurm HS, Spertus JA, Seto AH, Ho V, Curtis JP. Association of Statewide Certificate of Need Regulations With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Appropriateness and Outcomes. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2019, 8: e010373. PMID: 30642222, PMCID: PMC6497347, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.010373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute coronary syndromePercutaneous coronary interventionPCI proceduresCON statesAppropriate use criteriaNon-CON statesCoronary syndromePCI registryCoronary interventionCON regulationsIntervention appropriatenessChi-square analysisAmerican CollegeHealthcare costsNeed regulationsPCI appropriatenessUse criteriaAbsolute differenceHealthcare servicesNew healthcare servicesAssociationPCILower proportionOutcomesACS
2016
Accounting For Patients’ Socioeconomic Status Does Not Change Hospital Readmission Rates
Bernheim SM, Parzynski CS, Horwitz L, Lin Z, Araas MJ, Ross JS, Drye EE, Suter LG, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Accounting For Patients’ Socioeconomic Status Does Not Change Hospital Readmission Rates. Health Affairs 2016, 35: 1461-1470. PMID: 27503972, PMCID: PMC7664840, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramPatients' socioeconomic statusMedicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramLow socioeconomic statusReadmission ratesSocioeconomic statusRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital readmission ratesReadmissions Reduction ProgramMedicaid Services methodologyReadmission measuresHospital resultsPatientsHospitalSuch hospitalsPayment penaltiesReduction programsStatusCurrent CentersLower proportionLarge proportionPercentAdjustmentProportion