2018
Trends in 30-Day Readmission Rates for Medicare and Non-Medicare Patients in the Era of the Affordable Care Act
Angraal S, Khera R, Zhou S, Wang Y, Lin Z, Dharmarajan K, Desai NR, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Nasir K, Horwitz LI, Krumholz HM. Trends in 30-Day Readmission Rates for Medicare and Non-Medicare Patients in the Era of the Affordable Care Act. The American Journal Of Medicine 2018, 131: 1324-1331.e14. PMID: 30016636, PMCID: PMC6380174, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramReadmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePatient groupMyocardial infarctionCause readmission rateNationwide Readmissions DatabaseReadmissions Reduction ProgramNon-Medicare patientsNon-target conditionsLower readmissionAffordable Care ActMedicare beneficiariesAge groupsPrivate insuranceCare ActPneumoniaInfarctionPatientsReduction programsMedicareGroupReadmissionFailure
2017
Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prognosis of Heart Failure in Older Adults
Dharmarajan K, Rich MW. Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prognosis of Heart Failure in Older Adults. Heart Failure Clinics 2017, 13: 417-426. PMID: 28602363, DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2017.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureOlder adultsGeriatric syndromesHeart failure increasesCommon cardiovascular conditionAge-associated changesRehospitalization ratesCardiovascular conditionsCardiovascular syndromeCommon reasonCardiovascular structureSyndromeHospitalizationAdultsFailurePrognosisPathophysiologyDementiaFrailtyMortalityEpidemiologyPrevalenceIncidence
2016
Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Heart Failure
Dharmarajan K, Dunlay SM. Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Heart Failure. Clinics In Geriatric Medicine 2016, 32: 277-289. PMID: 27113146, DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research