2024
Association of marital/partner status with hospital readmission among young adults with acute myocardial infarction.
Zhu C, Dreyer R, Li F, Spatz E, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit E, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Spertus J, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman J. Association of marital/partner status with hospital readmission among young adults with acute myocardial infarction. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0287949. PMID: 38277368, PMCID: PMC10817183, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMarital/partner statusPsychosocial factorsAcute myocardial infarctionYoung adultsHospital dischargeYear of hospital dischargeYoung acute myocardial infarctionAssociated with 1.3-foldCohort of young adultsLong-term readmissionCox proportional hazards modelsStatus interactionSimilar-aged menMyocardial infarctionProportional hazards modelUnpartnered statusPatient interviewsPhysician panelCardiovascular healthHospital readmissionSocioeconomic factorsAMI survivorsSequential adjustmentCardiac readmissionMultiple imputation
2013
Preventable Readmissions Within 30 Days of Ischemic Stroke Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Lichtman JH, Leifheit-Limson EC, Jones SB, Wang Y, Goldstein LB. Preventable Readmissions Within 30 Days of Ischemic Stroke Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Stroke 2013, 44: 3429-3435. PMID: 24172581, PMCID: PMC3905749, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.113.003165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreventable readmission ratesIschemic strokePrevention Quality IndicatorsPreventable readmissionsReadmission ratesHealthcare ResearchQuality's Prevention Quality IndicatorsHospital Inpatient Quality Reporting ProgramCauses of readmissionThirty-day readmissionHigh-risk patientsPatient-level factorsRandom effects logistic regressionIschemic stroke dischargesQuality Reporting ProgramCause readmissionHospital readmissionComorbid conditionsPreventable causePrimary diagnosisReadmissionMedicare feeMedicare beneficiariesService beneficiariesMultivariate analysis