2020
Association of Do-Not-Resuscitate Patient Case Mix With Publicly Reported Risk-Standardized Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates
Pollock BD, Herrin J, Neville MR, Dowdy SC, Franco P, Shah ND, Ting HH. Association of Do-Not-Resuscitate Patient Case Mix With Publicly Reported Risk-Standardized Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2010383. PMID: 32662845, PMCID: PMC7361656, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionRevision diagnosis codesHeart failureCross-sectional studyDNR statusReadmission cohortInpatient encountersMortality cohortHighest quintileDiagnosis codesTenth Revision diagnosis codesNinth Revision diagnosis codesAcute care transfersStandard Analytical FilesObstructive pulmonary diseaseCMS Hospital Compare websitePatient-level dataHospital-level performanceHospital-level dataInternational Statistical ClassificationRelated Health ProblemsHospital Compare websiteHospital mortality
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