2017
Quality of Care in the United States Territories, 1999–2012
Nuti SV, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Nunez-Smith M, Normand ST, Murugiah K, Rodríguez-Vilá O, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. Quality of Care in the United States Territories, 1999–2012. Medical Care 2017, 55: 886-892. PMID: 28906314, PMCID: PMC6482857, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureHospitalization ratesMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateService Medicare beneficiariesQuality of careRecent study periodPneumonia hospitalizationsMyocardial infarctionPatient outcomesMillions of AmericansMedicare feeHealth outcomesPneumoniaService beneficiariesHospital reimbursementUnique beneficiariesHealth equityStudy periodPatient paymentsInpatient paymentsHealth careMortalityCare
2008
Hospital Remoteness And Thirty-Day Mortality From Three Serious Conditions
Ross JS, Normand SL, Wang Y, Nallamothu BK, Lichtman JH, Krumholz HM. Hospital Remoteness And Thirty-Day Mortality From Three Serious Conditions. Health Affairs 2008, 27: 1707-1717. PMID: 18997230, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.6.1707.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesThirty-day mortalityAcute myocardial infarctionHigh-quality health careMedicare administrative dataGeographic remotenessHeart failureMyocardial infarctionSerious conditionMillions of AmericansRural U.S. communitiesMortality differencesMortality rateRural hospitalsSmaller mortality differencesHealth careAdministrative dataHospitalU.S. communitiesCareHospitalizationInfarctionPneumoniaMortality