2010
The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia
Lindenauer PK, Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Normand S, Krumholz HM. The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2010, 5: e12-e18. PMID: 20665626, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesReadmission ratesHospital referral regionsReferral regionsMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateRisk-standardized readmission ratesNonfederal acute care hospitalsNational quality improvement effortsPattern of hospitalAcute care hospitalsCross-sectional studyService Medicare beneficiariesQuality improvement effortsMedian hospitalHospital dischargeElderly patientsHospital admissionCare hospitalReadmission analysisOutpatient MedicareLeading causePrincipal diagnosisPneumoniaPatients
2008
Contemporary evidence: baseline data from the D2B Alliance
Bradley EH, Nallamothu BK, Stern AF, Byrd JR, Cherlin EJ, Wang Y, Yuan C, Nembhard I, Brush JE, Krumholz HM. Contemporary evidence: baseline data from the D2B Alliance. BMC Research Notes 2008, 1: 23. PMID: 18710480, PMCID: PMC2525646, DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-1-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionD2B AllianceHospital characteristicsEvidence-based strategiesD2B timeU.S. hospitalsElevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionMultivariate logistic regressionCross-sectional studyBalloon (D2B) AllianceCoronary interventionPrompt treatmentMyocardial infarctionHospitalWeb-based surveyLogistic regressionBaseline dataPatientsKey strategyCurrent practiceBackgroundLessInfarctionResultsOf