2019
Home Health Care After Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Following Heart Failure Hospitalization
Weerahandi H, Bao H, Herrin J, Dharmarajan K, Ross JS, Jones S, Horwitz LI. Home Health Care After Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Following Heart Failure Hospitalization. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2019, 68: 96-102. PMID: 31603248, PMCID: PMC6964248, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facilitiesHF hospitalizationReadmission ratesReadmission riskHeart failure readmission ratesDays of dischargeHeart failure hospitalizationRetrospective cohort studyHospital discharge practicesMore functional impairmentHome health careFailure hospitalizationHF patientsUnplanned readmissionCohort studyHospital dischargePrimary outcomeRestorative therapySNF stayFunctional impairmentHome healthcare servicesService Medicare dataAdjusted modelCox modelNursing facilities
2014
Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission.
Horwitz LI, Partovian C, Lin Z, Grady JN, Herrin J, Conover M, Montague J, Dillaway C, Bartczak K, Suter LG, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2014, 161: s66-75. PMID: 25402406, PMCID: PMC4235629, DOI: 10.7326/m13-3000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned readmissionReadmission measuresReadmission ratesReadmission riskMedicare feeHospital-wide readmission measureRisk-standardized readmission ratesPayer dataAdministrative Claims MeasureRisk-standardized ratesAverage-risk patientsUnplanned readmission rateDays of dischargeHospital risk-standardized readmission ratesAdult hospitalizationsComorbid conditionsPrincipal diagnosisClaims dataService claimsService beneficiariesReadmissionMeasure development studiesMedicaid ServicesRisk adjustmentHospital
2008
Statistical Models and Patient Predictors of Readmission for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
Ross JS, Mulvey GK, Stauffer B, Patlolla V, Bernheim SM, Keenan PS, Krumholz HM. Statistical Models and Patient Predictors of Readmission for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review. JAMA Internal Medicine 2008, 168: 1371-1386. PMID: 18625917, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.13.1371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDisease ProgressionEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansIncidenceMaleModels, StatisticalPatient ReadmissionPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsQuality-Adjusted Life YearsRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesConceptsPatient characteristicsPatient readmission riskReadmission riskPatient riskSystematic reviewReadmission ratesHospital ratesOvid Evidence-Based Medicine ReviewsEligible English-language publicationsEvidence-Based Medicine ReviewsHeart failure hospitalizationPatient risk stratificationEnglish-language literatureEnglish-language publicationsFailure hospitalizationHF hospitalizationAdult patientsHeart failureHospital readmissionMedicine ReviewsRisk stratificationPatient predictorsInclusion criteriaReadmissionCombined outcome