2014
Payments for Acute Myocardial Infarction Episodes-of-Care Initiated at Hospitals With and Without Interventional Capabilities
Ben-Josef G, Ott LS, Spivack SB, Wang C, Ross JS, Shah SJ, Curtis JP, Kim N, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Payments for Acute Myocardial Infarction Episodes-of-Care Initiated at Hospitals With and Without Interventional Capabilities. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 882-888. PMID: 25387777, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.114.000927.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-PCI hospitalsCoronary artery bypass graft ratesPCI hospitalsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary intervention capabilityAcute myocardial infarction admissionsLower revascularization ratesPrincipal discharge diagnosisTreatment of patientsMyocardial infarction admissionsHigh rateMyocardial infarction episodeGraft ratePCI capabilityPCI useIndex admissionRevascularization ratesClinical characteristicsPatient demographicsDays postadmissionDischarge diagnosisMedicare patientsCare proceduresMedicare fee
2010
Differences in Patient Survival After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Hospital Capability of Performing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Implications for Regionalization
Chen J, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Rathore SS, Ross JS, Normand SL, Schreiner GC, Mulvey G, Nallamothu BK. Differences in Patient Survival After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Hospital Capability of Performing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Implications for Regionalization. JAMA Internal Medicine 2010, 170: 433-439. PMID: 20212179, PMCID: PMC2900156, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesNon-PCI hospitalsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionHospital referral regionsPCI hospitalsHealth care regionCoronary interventionAMI patientsMyocardial infarctionCare regionLower risk-standardized mortality ratesSame hospital referral regionService beneficiaries 65 yearsBeneficiaries 65 yearsMagnitude of benefitPatient survivalAMI careReferral regionsOutcome differencesMedicare feeMortality rateHospitalHospital capabilitiesInfarction
2006
Driving Times and Distances to Hospitals With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States
Nallamothu BK, Bates ER, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Krumholz HM. Driving Times and Distances to Hospitals With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States. Circulation 2006, 113: 1189-1195. PMID: 16520425, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.105.596346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-PCI hospitalsPercutaneous coronary interventionST-elevation myocardial infarctionPCI hospitalsAdult populationCoronary interventionPrehospital triage protocolsAdults 18 yearsCross-sectional studyAmerican Hospital Association Annual SurveyHospital-level dataMedian timeMyocardial infarctionDirect referralTriage protocolHospitalTimely accessPatientsUnited StatesMinutesCensus tract-level dataInterventionTract-level dataTransport timePopulation