2024
Analysis of Clinical Criteria for Discharge Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model
Schnipper J, Oreper S, Hubbard C, Kurbegov D, Egloff S, Najafi N, Valdes G, Siddiqui Z, O.’Leary K, Horwitz L, Lee T, Auerbach A. Analysis of Clinical Criteria for Discharge Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 39: 2649-2661. PMID: 38937368, PMCID: PMC11534938, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08856-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime of dischargeInternal validation setPost-discharge readmissionRisk factorsDays of dischargeRetrospective observational cohort studyIndependent risk factorReceiver operating characteristic curveObservational cohort studyReversible risk factorsAssociated with lower oddsPatients 7Lack of improvementRetrospective studyValidation setFollow-upCohort studyRisk prediction modelReadmission risk scoreAcademic centersPositive testPatientsRisk scoreCOVID-19 respiratory diseaseLower odds
2019
Trends in Hospital Readmission of Medicare-Covered Patients With Heart Failure
Blecker S, Herrin J, Li L, Yu H, Grady JN, Horwitz LI. Trends in Hospital Readmission of Medicare-Covered Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1004-1012. PMID: 30846093, PMCID: PMC7011858, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramSecondary heart failureReadmission ratesHeart failureReadmissions Reduction ProgramHF hospitalizationAffordable Care ActMedicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramRisk-adjusted readmission ratesCause readmission rateHigher readmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionCare ActReduction programsLinear spline regression modelsPneumonia hospitalizationsHospital readmissionMedicare hospitalizationsRetrospective studySecondary diagnosisMyocardial infarctionPrincipal diagnosisHospitalizationSpline regression modelsPatients