2021
Forgone Medical Care Associated With Increased Health Care Costs Among the U.S. Heart Failure Population
Thomas A, Valero-Elizondo J, Khera R, Warraich HJ, Reinhardt SW, Ali HJ, Nasir K, Desai NR. Forgone Medical Care Associated With Increased Health Care Costs Among the U.S. Heart Failure Population. JACC Heart Failure 2021, 9: 710-719. PMID: 34391737, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.05.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureHealth care utilizationHealth care costsHealth care expendituresCare utilizationCare costsMedical careMore emergency department visitsTotal health care costsCare expendituresAnnual health careAnnual inpatient costsPrevalence of patientsEmergency department visitsMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyOverall health care spendingHF patientsElderly patientsCare AssociatedDepartment visitsFailure populationInpatient costsHealth care spendingLeading causePatients
2020
National Estimates of Financial Hardship From Medical Bills and Cost-related Medication Nonadherence in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the United States
Nguyen NH, Khera R, Dulai PS, Boland BS, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn WJ, Singh S. National Estimates of Financial Hardship From Medical Bills and Cost-related Medication Nonadherence in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the United States. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2020, 27: 1068-1078. PMID: 33051681, PMCID: PMC8205631, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaa266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCost-related medication nonadherenceInflammatory bowel diseaseBowel diseaseMedication nonadherenceFinancial toxicityMedical billsSelf-reported inflammatory bowel diseaseSubstantial health care needsUnplanned health care utilizationNational estimatesNational Health Interview SurveyHigh ED utilizationEmergency department utilizationHealth care utilizationHealth Interview SurveyTimes higher oddsHealth care needsCost-reducing behaviorsFinancial hardshipValue-based careED utilizationCare utilizationNational burdenHigher oddsHealth care affordabilityPost-discharge acute care and outcomes following readmission reduction initiatives: national retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States
Khera R, Wang Y, Bernheim SM, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Post-discharge acute care and outcomes following readmission reduction initiatives: national retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. The BMJ 2020, 368: l6831. PMID: 31941686, PMCID: PMC7190056, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l6831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care utilizationAcute myocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyHeart failureCare utilizationPost-discharge periodEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionDay mortalityCohort studyHospital admissionObservation unitAcute careNational retrospective cohort studyPost-acute care utilizationHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramObservation unit carePost-discharge mortalityDay readmission rateRisk of deathReadmissions Reduction ProgramReadmission reduction initiativesReadmission ratesUnit careInpatient unit