2018
Trends in 30-Day Readmission Rates for Medicare and Non-Medicare Patients in the Era of the Affordable Care Act
Angraal S, Khera R, Zhou S, Wang Y, Lin Z, Dharmarajan K, Desai NR, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Nasir K, Horwitz LI, Krumholz HM. Trends in 30-Day Readmission Rates for Medicare and Non-Medicare Patients in the Era of the Affordable Care Act. The American Journal Of Medicine 2018, 131: 1324-1331.e14. PMID: 30016636, PMCID: PMC6380174, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramReadmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePatient groupMyocardial infarctionCause readmission rateNationwide Readmissions DatabaseReadmissions Reduction ProgramNon-Medicare patientsNon-target conditionsLower readmissionAffordable Care ActMedicare beneficiariesAge groupsPrivate insuranceCare ActPneumoniaInfarctionPatientsReduction programsMedicareGroupReadmissionFailure
2016
Hospital Variation in Time to Epinephrine for Nonshockable In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Khera R, Chan PS, Donnino M, Girotra S. Hospital Variation in Time to Epinephrine for Nonshockable In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circulation 2016, 134: 2105-2114. PMID: 27908910, PMCID: PMC5173427, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.025459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital cardiac arrestEpinephrine administrationCardiac arrestFunctional recoveryHospital variationNonshockable rhythmsHospital ratesSurvival rateRisk-standardized survival ratesIn-Hospital Cardiac ArrestHospital-level outcomesRisk-standardized ratesDose of epinephrineMedian survival rateOdds of delayHigh rateGuidelines-ResuscitationAdult patientsOverall survivalWorse survivalSimilar patientsLowest quartileImproved outcomesHospitalPatientsVariation in Hospital Use and Outcomes Associated With Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in Heart Failure in the United States
Khera R, Pandey A, Kumar N, Singh R, Bano S, Golwala H, Kumbhani DJ, Girotra S, Fonarow GC. Variation in Hospital Use and Outcomes Associated With Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in Heart Failure in the United States. Circulation Heart Failure 2016, 9: e003226. PMID: 27780836, PMCID: PMC5123800, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.116.003226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedArrhythmias, CardiacCase-Control StudiesCatheterization, Swan-GanzCerebrovascular DisordersCoronary Artery DiseaseDatabases, FactualDisease ManagementFemaleHeart ArrestHeart FailureHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionOdds RatioPractice Patterns, Physicians'Propensity ScoreShock, CardiogenicUnited StatesConceptsPA catheterizationHeart failureCatheter useHospital useDiseases-Ninth Revision codesPropensity-matched analysisPulmonary artery catheterPulmonary artery catheterizationHospital-level variabilityHF hospitalizationHospital mortalityArtery catheterArtery catheterizationNumber of hospitalsPA catheterRevision codesPatient outcomesAcademic hospitalExcess mortalityOdds ratioOutcomes AssociatedCatheterizationInternational ClassificationHospitalMortality
2015
Trends in hospitalization for takotsubo cardiomyopathy in the United States
Khera R, Light-McGroary K, Zahr F, Horwitz PA, Girotra S. Trends in hospitalization for takotsubo cardiomyopathy in the United States. American Heart Journal 2015, 172: 53-63. PMID: 26856216, PMCID: PMC4748175, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.10.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTakotsubo cardiomyopathyPrimary diagnosis groupCardiac arrestDiagnosis groupsHigh incidenceCardiogenic shockRespiratory failurePsychiatric disordersTransient left ventricular systolic dysfunctionLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionNational Inpatient Sample dataCardiovascular risk factorsDiagnostic coronary angiographyVentricular systolic dysfunctionSecondary discharge diagnosisRisk of mortalityCost of careHospital mortalitySystolic dysfunctionCritical illnessCoronary angiographyDischarge diagnosisRisk factorsExcess mortalitySecondary group