2019
Hospital Variation in Spending for Lung Cancer Resection in Medicare Beneficiaries
Jean RA, Bongiovanni T, Soulos PR, Chiu AS, Herrin J, Kim N, Xu X, Kim AW, Gross CP. Hospital Variation in Spending for Lung Cancer Resection in Medicare Beneficiaries. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 108: 1710-1716. PMID: 31400321, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage I non-small cell lung carcinomaNon-small cell lung carcinomaCell lung carcinomaHospital volumeLung carcinomaComplication rateMedicare beneficiariesExcess costsEnd Results-MedicareIndex hospital costsLung cancer careMean excess costLung cancer resectionHospital-level variationNumber of complicationsLung cancer treatmentEpisode of careCost of careLowest cost quintileIndex hospitalizationCancer resectionHospital factorsPerioperative careHospital variationSurgical hospitalization
2018
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization
Horwitz LI, Wang Y, Altaf FK, Wang C, Lin Z, Liu S, Grady J, Bernheim SM, Desai NR, Venkatesh AK, Herrin J. Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization. Medical Care 2018, 56: 281-289. PMID: 29462075, PMCID: PMC6170884, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFee-for-Service PlansHeart FailureHospital AdministrationHospitals, PublicHumansMedicareMyocardial InfarctionNursing Staff, HospitalOwnershipPatient ReadmissionPneumoniaResidence CharacteristicsRetrospective StudiesSafety-net ProvidersUnited StatesConceptsAcute care utilizationAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureCare utilizationAcute careMyocardial infarctionHospital characteristicsNet hospitalExcess daysPublic hospitalsNonsafety net hospitalsHigher readmission ratesEmergency department utilizationProportion of hospitalsAcute care hospitalsSafety-net hospitalService Medicare beneficiariesLarge urban hospitalMajor teaching hospitalType of hospitalCross-sectional analysisPostdischarge utilizationHospital dischargeHospital factorsReadmission rates
2004
Predictors of cardiologist care for older patients hospitalized for heart failure
Foody JM, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Herrin J, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Predictors of cardiologist care for older patients hospitalized for heart failure. American Heart Journal 2004, 147: 66-73. PMID: 14691421, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureSpecialty careOlder patientsMultivariable hierarchical logistic regression modelsCoronary Artery Bypass GraftingChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyArtery Bypass GraftingHeart failure careObstructive pulmonary diseaseTransluminal coronary angioplastyHierarchical logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsCardiologist careBypass GraftingHospital factorsPatient characteristicsCardiology consultCoronary angioplastyCoronary diseasePulmonary diseaseClinical presentationCardiology carePatient raceMedicare patients