2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the FL‐PR CReSD Study
Gardener H, Leifheit EC, Lichtman JH, Wang Y, Wang K, Gutierrez CM, Ciliberti‐Vargas M, Dong C, Oluwole S, Robichaux M, Romano JG, Rundek T, Sacco RL, Investigators and Collaborators T. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the FL‐PR CReSD Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 8: e009649. PMID: 30587062, PMCID: PMC6405703, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.009649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesQuality Improvement ProgramMedicare beneficiariesRace/ethnicityEthnic disparitiesBlack stroke patientsAcute stroke careElderly Medicare beneficiariesService Medicare beneficiariesHospital mortalityClinical characteristicsIschemic strokeStroke outcomeStroke careStroke patientsMixed logistic modelPrimary diagnosisHospitalReadmissionMortalityConclusions DisparitiesEthnic differencesE-SDOutcomesPatients
2013
Age and sex differences in inhospital complication rates and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention procedures: Evidence from the NCDR®
Lichtman JH, Wang Y, Jones SB, Leifheit-Limson EC, Shaw LJ, Vaccarino V, Rumsfeld JS, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP. Age and sex differences in inhospital complication rates and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention procedures: Evidence from the NCDR®. American Heart Journal 2013, 167: 376-383. PMID: 24576523, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionComplication rateOlder womenPCI typeYoung womenInhospital mortalityMortality riskAge groupsElective percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) proceduresInhospital complication rateRate of complicationsHigh complication rateRisk-adjusted analysisRisk-adjusted mortalityCoronary intervention proceduresUnadjusted complication rateSex-based differencesPCI patientsCathPCI RegistryCoronary interventionYounger patientsClinical factorsHospital admissionMore complications
2012
30-Day Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission Rates After Ischemic Stroke in Critical Access Hospitals
Lichtman JH, Leifheit-Limson EC, Jones SB, Wang Y, Goldstein LB. 30-Day Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission Rates After Ischemic Stroke in Critical Access Hospitals. Stroke 2012, 43: 2741-2747. PMID: 22935397, PMCID: PMC3547601, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.112.665646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized readmission ratesAnnual hospital volumeIschemic strokeReadmission ratesHospital volumeVolume quartileHighest risk-standardized mortality ratesPoor short-term outcomeMedicare beneficiaries 65 yearsService Medicare beneficiaries 65 yearsHighest volume quartileHospital volume quartilesPrimary discharge diagnosisLow-volume hospitalsShort-term outcomesBeneficiaries 65 years