2015
Variation in US Hospital Emergency Department Admission Rates by Clinical Condition
Venkatesh AK, Dai Y, Ross JS, Schuur JD, Capp R, Krumholz HM. Variation in US Hospital Emergency Department Admission Rates by Clinical Condition. Medical Care 2015, 53: 237-244. PMID: 25397965, PMCID: PMC4858175, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency Department Admission RatesED admission ratesAdmission ratesClinical conditionsMood disordersChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseNational Emergency Department SampleAdult ED visitsNonspecific chest painObstructive pulmonary diseaseSoft tissue infectionsUrinary tract infectionEmergency Department SampleClinical Classification SoftwareCross-sectional analysisChest painED visitsTract infectionsPulmonary diseaseSpearman correlation coefficientTissue infectionsHospitalization ratesUS hospitalsCondition-specific variationsHospital correlation
2012
The Use and Misuse of Thrombolytic Therapy Within the Veterans Health Administration
Keyhani S, Arling G, Williams LS, Ross JS, Ordin DL, Myers J, Tyndall G, Vogel B, Bravata DM. The Use and Misuse of Thrombolytic Therapy Within the Veterans Health Administration. Medical Care 2012, 50: 66-73. PMID: 22182924, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3182294092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAgedAged, 80 and overBrain IschemiaFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHealth Services MisuseHealth Status IndicatorsHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsStrokeThrombolytic TherapyTime FactorsTissue Plasminogen ActivatorUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsVHA medical centersTissue plasminogen activatorVeterans Health AdministrationAcute ischemic strokeEligible patientsStroke patientsIschemic strokeSymptom onsetThrombolytic therapyHealth AdministrationStroke symptom onsetAcute stroke patientsIschemic stroke patientsEligible stroke patientsMedical record reviewLow annual volumeThrombolysis deliveryRecord reviewWrong doseVHA systemClinical conditionsMedical CenterEligible veteransEligibility criteriaPatients