2017
Patient–Provider Communication and Health Outcomes Among Individuals With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
Okunrintemi V, Spatz ES, Di Capua P, Salami JA, Valero-Elizondo J, Warraich H, Virani SS, Blaha MJ, Blankstein R, Butt AA, Borden WB, Dharmarajan K, Ting H, Krumholz HM, Nasir K. Patient–Provider Communication and Health Outcomes Among Individuals With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2017, 10: e003635. PMID: 28373270, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.117.003635.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAspirinAtherosclerosisCommunicationEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHealth Care CostsHealth Care SurveysHealth ExpendituresHealth StatusHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLength of StayMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedOdds RatioPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPatient-Centered CarePhysician-Patient RelationsPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsQuality Indicators, Health CareRisk FactorsUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseasePatient-provider communicationHealthcare resource utilizationPatient-reported outcomesCardiovascular diseaseHealth Plans SurveyMedical Expenditure Panel Survey cohortHigher annual healthcare expendituresRepresentative US adult populationHealthcare expendituresAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) patientsConsumer AssessmentEmergency room visitsEvidence-based therapiesAnnual healthcare expendituresCardiovascular disease patientsUS adult populationPlans SurveyMental health statusPatient-centered careOutcomes of interestASA useHospital stayRoom visitsPoor outcome
2013
Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions
Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Lin Z, Bueno H, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Barreto-Filho JA, Kim N, Suter LG, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions. The BMJ 2013, 347: f6571. PMID: 24259033, PMCID: PMC3898430, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyReadmission diagnosesReadmission ratesHeart failureMyocardial infarctionCohort studySpecific diagnosisReadmission performanceHospital readmission performancePatterns of readmissionDay readmission rateRisk-standardized readmission ratesLow performing hospitalsHospital performanceHigh performing hospitalsReadmission timingDay readmissionHospital stayIndex admissionHospital dischargeReadmission patternsHospital admissionCommon diagnosisMedian timeNational Trends in Heart Failure Hospital Stay Rates, 2001 to 2009
Chen J, Dharmarajan K, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Heart Failure Hospital Stay Rates, 2001 to 2009. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 61: 1078-1088. PMID: 23473413, PMCID: PMC3939721, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital stay ratesLength of stayHF hospital stayHospital mortalityYears of ageHospital stayPatients 18Stay ratesNational Inpatient Sample dataU.S. hospital dischargesPatients 65 yearsPrimary discharge diagnosisSignificant declineOlder Medicare beneficiariesNational Inpatient SampleBlack menLarge national datasetHospital dischargeOlder patientsPatients 55Younger patientsDischarge diagnosisInpatient SampleMedicare beneficiariesAge 65