2023
Impact of Marital Stress on 1‐Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Zhu C, Dreyer R, Li F, Spatz E, Caraballo‐Cordovez C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit E, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Spertus J, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman J. Impact of Marital Stress on 1‐Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e030031. PMID: 37589125, PMCID: PMC10547344, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac-specific qualityGeneric health statusMyocardial infarctionBaseline healthMarital stressHealth outcomesHealth statusWorse patient-reported outcomesMental healthYoung adultsObservational cohort studyPatient-reported outcomesSocioeconomic factorsWorse mental healthReadmission 1Cause readmissionCohort studyYounger patientsRoutine screeningDepressive symptomsGreater oddsAnginaMale participantsOutcomes
2022
The association of marital/partner status with patient-reported health outcomes following acute myocardial infarction or stroke: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhu C, Tran P, Leifheit E, Spatz E, Dreyer R, Nyhan K, Wang S, Goldstein L, Lichtman J. The association of marital/partner status with patient-reported health outcomes following acute myocardial infarction or stroke: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0267771. PMID: 36378664, PMCID: PMC9665376, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267771.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported outcome measuresAcute myocardial infarctionMarital/partner statusPartner statusMyocardial infarctionHealth outcomesPatient-reported health outcomesPROSPERO registration numberRisk of biasPatient-centered factorsPeer-reviewed journalsPrimary outcomeSubgroup analysisThird reviewerOutcome measuresRegistration numberLower mortalitySystematic reviewEthics approvalStrokePartner supportMale participantsInfarctionFull textOutcomes
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-SDOutcomesPatientsHospital Quality Metrics: “America's Best Hospitals” and Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke
Lichtman JH, Leifheit EC, Wang Y, Goldstein LB. Hospital Quality Metrics: “America's Best Hospitals” and Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2018, 28: 430-434. PMID: 30415916, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.10.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrain IschemiaHospital Bed CapacityHospital MortalityHospitalsHospitals, High-VolumeHospitals, Low-VolumeHospitals, PrivateHospitals, RuralHospitals, TeachingHumansJoint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare OrganizationsPatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsProcess Assessment, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareRisk FactorsStrokeTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsTop-ranked hospitalsRisk-standardized mortalityHigher readmissionBest HospitalsIschemic strokeAmerica's Best HospitalsHospital-level careHospital Compare dataHospital quality metricsHospital volumeStroke measuresHospital characteristicsReadmissionBetter outcomesLower mortalityHospitalMortalityMedicaid ServicesOutcomesStrokeWorld ReportOutcomes 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
2009
The Stereotype-Matching Effect: Greater Influence on Functioning When Age Stereotypes Correspond to Outcomes
Levy BR, Leifheit-Limson E. The Stereotype-Matching Effect: Greater Influence on Functioning When Age Stereotypes Correspond to Outcomes. Psychology And Aging 2009, 24: 230-233. PMID: 19290757, PMCID: PMC2722449, DOI: 10.1037/a0014563.Peer-Reviewed Original Research