2014
Transfer Rates From Nonprocedure Hospitals After Initial Admission and Outcomes Among Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Barreto-Filho JA, Wang Y, Rathore SS, Spatz ES, Ross JS, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Transfer Rates From Nonprocedure Hospitals After Initial Admission and Outcomes Among Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 213-222. PMID: 24296747, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryRisk-standardized mortality ratesBypass graft surgeryPercutaneous coronary interventionLength of stayMyocardial infarctionElderly patientsGraft surgeryRevascularization ratesCoronary interventionMortality rateLower risk-standardized mortality ratesRate of catheterizationHospital transfer ratesInvasive cardiac proceduresTransfer of patientsRisk-standardized mortalityHospital outcomesInitial admissionMedian lengthService patientsCardiac proceduresHospital differences
2007
Acute Myocardial Infarction and Congestive Heart Failure Outcomes at Specialty Cardiac Hospitals
Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Cram P, Birkmeyer JD, Ross JS, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Acute Myocardial Infarction and Congestive Heart Failure Outcomes at Specialty Cardiac Hospitals. Circulation 2007, 116: 2280-2287. PMID: 17967975, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.709220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongestive heart failureRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionStandardized mortality ratioSpecialty cardiac hospitalsCardiac hospitalGeneral HospitalMortality ratioMortality rateMyocardial infarctionCongestive heart failure outcomesHeart failure outcomesOutcomes of patientsProportion of facilitiesHeart failureNoncardiovascular diseasesLow prevalencePatient differencesMedicare dataPatientsHospitalFailure outcomesInfarctionOutcomesType of facility