2021
Identification of Hospitals That Care for a High Proportion of Patients With Social Risk Factors
Matty R, Heckmann R, George E, Barthel AB, Suter LG, Ross JS, Bernheim SM. Identification of Hospitals That Care for a High Proportion of Patients With Social Risk Factors. JAMA Health Forum 2021, 2: e211323. PMID: 35977204, PMCID: PMC8796989, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1323.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial risk factorsIdentification of hospitalsProportion of patientsRisk factorsCross-sectional studyHospital performance measuresPatient populationHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramAfrican American raceProportion of hospitalsDisadvantaged patient populationsReadmissions Reduction ProgramHigher proportionSocioeconomic status scoresSame hospitalStatus scoreCrowded householdsMAIN OUTCOMEMedicaid coverageAmerican racePatientsHospitalHealthcare ResearchDisadvantaged populationsSuch hospitals
2013
Relationship Between Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia
Krumholz HM, Lin Z, Keenan PS, Chen J, Ross JS, Drye EE, Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Han LF, Normand SL. Relationship Between Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia. JAMA 2013, 309: 587-593. PMID: 23403683, PMCID: PMC3621028, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.333.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesHeart failureMyocardial infarctionHospital characteristicsMortality rateReadmission ratesProportion of hospitalsHospital readmissionMedicare feePneumoniaInfarctionService beneficiariesHospitalPatientsMedicaid ServicesHospital performanceSubgroupsFailureCauseReadmissionSignificant negative linear relationship