2021
Association of Fluoroquinolone Prescribing Rates With Black Box Warnings from the US Food and Drug Administration
Sankar A, Swanson KM, Zhou J, Jena AB, Ross JS, Shah ND, Karaca-Mandic P. Association of Fluoroquinolone Prescribing Rates With Black Box Warnings from the US Food and Drug Administration. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2136662. PMID: 34851398, PMCID: PMC8637256, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAmbulatory CareAnti-Bacterial AgentsBronchitisCross-Sectional StudiesDrug LabelingDrug PrescriptionsFemaleFluoroquinolonesHealth Plan ImplementationHumansInterrupted Time Series AnalysisMaleMedicareMiddle AgedPractice Patterns, Physicians'SinusitisUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationUrinary Tract InfectionsConceptsPrescribing of fluoroquinolonesCross-sectional studyBlack box warningFDA warningCare physiciansPrescribing levelsBox warningMAIN OUTCOMEUS FoodDrug AdministrationMedicare administrative claims dataUncomplicated urinary tract infectionsNon-primary care physiciansAcute care visitsUrinary tract infectionFDA black box warningPrimary care physiciansAdministrative claims dataCase mix indexFluoroquinolone prescriptionsPrescribing trendsCare visitsPrescribing ratesTract infectionsOutpatient visits
2015
Variation in US Hospital Emergency Department Admission Rates by Clinical Condition
Venkatesh AK, Dai Y, Ross JS, Schuur JD, Capp R, Krumholz HM. Variation in US Hospital Emergency Department Admission Rates by Clinical Condition. Medical Care 2015, 53: 237-244. PMID: 25397965, PMCID: PMC4858175, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency Department Admission RatesED admission ratesAdmission ratesClinical conditionsMood disordersChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseNational Emergency Department SampleAdult ED visitsNonspecific chest painObstructive pulmonary diseaseSoft tissue infectionsUrinary tract infectionEmergency Department SampleClinical Classification SoftwareCross-sectional analysisChest painED visitsTract infectionsPulmonary diseaseSpearman correlation coefficientTissue infectionsHospitalization ratesUS hospitalsCondition-specific variationsHospital correlation
2013
Evaluation of the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) Service
Hung WW, Ross JS, Farber J, Siu AL. Evaluation of the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) Service. JAMA Internal Medicine 2013, 173: 990-996. PMID: 23608775, PMCID: PMC3691362, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUsual care groupShorter hospital stayAdverse eventsMACE groupUsual careHospital stayAcute careFunctional statusOlder adultsPatient outcomesCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionsTertiary acute care hospitalCare Transitions MeasureHospitalized older adultsUrinary tract infectionPairs of patientsAcute medical problemsGeneral medical servicesLength of stayAcute care hospitalsMount Sinai HospitalLower ratesElderly servicesAcute illnessCohort study