2017
Risk Trajectories of Readmission and Death in the First Year after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Lindenauer PK, Dharmarajan K, Qin L, Lin Z, Gershon AS, Krumholz HM. Risk Trajectories of Readmission and Death in the First Year after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2017, 197: 1009-1017. PMID: 29206052, PMCID: PMC5909167, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201709-1852oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSame respective groupsObstructive pulmonary diseaseVentilator supportPulmonary diseaseRisk of readmissionRisk of hospitalizationGeneral elderly populationGeneral Medicare populationRisk of deathDaily riskRespective groupsReadmission ratesHospital readmissionAbsolute riskMedicare populationReadmissionElderly populationMedicare beneficiariesHospitalizationClinical servicesFirst monthProlonged riskDeathLongitudinal outcomes
2015
Trajectories of risk after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia: retrospective cohort study
Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Kulkarni VT, Lin Z, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Kim N, Suter LG, Lin H, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Trajectories of risk after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia: retrospective cohort study. The BMJ 2015, 350: h411. PMID: 25656852, PMCID: PMC4353309, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h411.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyHeart failureRisk of deathMyocardial infarctionFirst readmissionAbsolute riskOlder patientsCohort studyRelative riskMedicare feeService beneficiariesRisk of readmissionGeneral elderly populationGeneral older populationRisk trajectoriesHigh-risk periodHospital dischargeHospital admissionDischarge diagnosisAdverse outcomesReadmissionHospitalizationTrajectories of riskElderly population