2022
Trends in 10-Year Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Who Survived an Acute Myocardial Infarction
Wang Y, Leifheit EC, Krumholz HM. Trends in 10-Year Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Who Survived an Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Cardiology 2022, 7: 613-622. PMID: 35507330, PMCID: PMC9069341, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.0662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent acute myocardial infarctionAcute myocardial infarctionHealth priority areasLong-term outcomesCause mortalityHazard ratioWhite patientsMyocardial infarctionMedicare feeMedicare-MedicaidService beneficiariesInitial acute myocardial infarctionTen-year mortalityShort-term outcomesDemographic subgroupsEligible patientsPatient characteristicsAMI survivorsAcute periodMean ageRecurrence rateSubgroup analysisMAIN OUTCOMEMortality riskAMI admissions
2021
Adherence to Acute Care Measures Affects Mortality in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: The Florida Stroke Registry
Gardener H, Rundek T, Lichtman J, Leifheit E, Wang K, Asdaghi N, Romano JG, Sacco RL. Adherence to Acute Care Measures Affects Mortality in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: The Florida Stroke Registry. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021, 30: 105586. PMID: 33412397, PMCID: PMC7880890, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsFloridaGuideline AdherenceHealthcare DisparitiesHospital MortalityHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsIschemic StrokeMaleMedicarePatient ReadmissionPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsRisk Reduction BehaviorSmoking CessationThrombolytic TherapyTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAcute care measuresFlorida Stroke RegistryHospital readmissionCare measuresStatin therapyRace/ethnicityStroke RegistryAntithrombotic therapyIschemic strokeAntithrombotic useStroke careIntravenous alteplase treatmentMedicare beneficiaries ageAcute stroke careIschemic stroke patientsLong-term mortalityVascular risk factorsRace/ethnic disparitiesFull study populationAlteplase treatmentDVT prophylaxisEligible patientsAnticoagulation therapyCessation counselingStatin use
2018
Outcomes after carotid endarterectomy among elderly dual Medicare-Medicaid-eligible patients.
Leifheit EC, Wang Y, Howard G, Howard VJ, Goldstein LB, Brott TG, Lichtman JH. Outcomes after carotid endarterectomy among elderly dual Medicare-Medicaid-eligible patients. Neurology 2018, 91: e1553-e1558. PMID: 30266891, PMCID: PMC6205687, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000006380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid endarterectomyDual-eligible patientsRelative annual reductionService Medicare beneficiariesDual-eligible statusYears of ageDual-eligible beneficiariesEligible patientsCause mortalityCause readmissionClinical characteristicsIschemic strokeAdjusted analysisStudy cohortWorse outcomesMedicaid coverageMedicare beneficiariesDual eligiblesPatientsMedicaid benefitsMedicare-MedicaidMedicareOutcomesEndarterectomyHigh rate