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 feeTransfer Rates From Nonprocedure Hospitals After Initial Admission and Outcomes Among Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Barreto-Filho JA, Wang Y, Rathore SS, Spatz ES, Ross JS, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Transfer Rates From Nonprocedure Hospitals After Initial Admission and Outcomes Among Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 213-222. PMID: 24296747, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryRisk-standardized mortality ratesBypass graft surgeryPercutaneous coronary interventionLength of stayMyocardial infarctionElderly patientsGraft surgeryRevascularization ratesCoronary interventionMortality rateLower risk-standardized mortality ratesRate of catheterizationHospital transfer ratesInvasive cardiac proceduresTransfer of patientsRisk-standardized mortalityHospital outcomesInitial admissionMedian lengthService patientsCardiac proceduresHospital differences
2009
All-Cause Readmission and Repeat Revascularization After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Cohort of Medicare Patients
Curtis JP, Schreiner G, Wang Y, Chen J, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Brindis RG, Krumholz HM. All-Cause Readmission and Repeat Revascularization After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Cohort of Medicare Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2009, 54: 903-907. PMID: 19712799, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionReadmission ratesRevascularization proceduresCause readmissionCoronary interventionPCI proceduresMortality rateIndex percutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarction patientsCause readmission rateIndex PCI procedureMedian readmission rateDays of dischargeRepeat revascularization proceduresMyocardial infarction patientsNon-AMI patientsPCI patientsRepeat revascularizationRevascularization ratesPrimary outcomeInfarction patientsSuch readmissionsMedicare patientsRetrospective analysisReadmission
2007
Cardiac Certificate of Need regulations and the availability and use of revascularization services
Ho V, Ross JS, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Cardiac Certificate of Need regulations and the availability and use of revascularization services. American Heart Journal 2007, 154: 767-775. PMID: 17893007, PMCID: PMC2084214, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.06.031.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Sex Differences in Use of Coronary Revascularization in Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction A Tale of Two Therapies
Rathore SS, Foody JM, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in Use of Coronary Revascularization in Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction A Tale of Two Therapies. CHEST Journal 2003, 124: 2079-2086. PMID: 14665483, DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized ratesPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary revascularizationElderly patientsCardiac catheterizationRevascularization therapyMedicare patientsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgerySex differencesMultivariable logistic regression modelCrude overall ratesBypass graft surgeryCoronary revascularization ratesType of therapyMedical record dataLogistic regression modelsRevascularization useCABG surgeryGraft surgeryMultivariable adjustmentRevascularization ratesCoronary interventionHospital admission
1998
Admission to Hospitals With On-Site Cardiac Catheterization Facilities
Krumholz H, Chen J, Murillo J, Cohen D, Radford M. Admission to Hospitals With On-Site Cardiac Catheterization Facilities. Circulation 1998, 98: 2010-2016. PMID: 9808598, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.98.19.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCardiac Care FacilitiesCardiac CatheterizationCohort StudiesCoronary Artery BypassFemaleHealth Care CostsHospital MortalityHospitalizationHumansLength of StayMaleMedical RecordsPilot ProjectsRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsSite cardiac catheterization facilitiesCardiac catheterization facilitiesAcute myocardial infarctionCatheterization facilitiesType of hospitalReadmission ratesCardiac proceduresMyocardial infarctionHospital costsMortality rateGood short-term clinical outcomesShort-term clinical outcomesLong-term mortality ratesAdjusted readmission ratesCardiac catheterization ratesBaseline patient characteristicsLong-term mortalityRetrospective cohort studyLower readmission ratesElderly Medicare patientsSignificant differencesCatheterization ratesRevascularization ratesCardiac catheterizationCohort study