2024
Bundled Payments for Care Improvement and Quality of Care and Outcomes in Heart Failure
Oddleifson D, Holmes D, Alhanti B, Xu X, Heidenreich P, Wadhera R, Allen L, Greene S, Fonarow G, Spatz E, Desai N. Bundled Payments for Care Improvement and Quality of Care and Outcomes in Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiology 2024, 9: 222-232. PMID: 38170516, PMCID: PMC10765313, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2023.5009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-BPCI hospitalsCause readmission rateReadmission ratesHeart failureSignificant differential changesCare measuresHospital participationBPCI hospitalsHospital mortalityEnzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockersMortality rateBPCI programAngiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitorEvidence-based β-blockersGuidelines-Heart Failure registryEnd pointBPCI Model 2Heart failure educationAngiotensin receptor blockersPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsThird of patientsCardiac resynchronization therapyCause mortality ratesHeart failure program
2018
Optimal maternal and neonatal outcomes and associated hospital characteristics
Campbell KH, Illuzzi JL, Lee HC, Lin H, Lipkind HS, Lundsberg LS, Pettker CM, Xu X. Optimal maternal and neonatal outcomes and associated hospital characteristics. Birth 2018, 46: 289-299. PMID: 30251270, DOI: 10.1111/birt.12400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBirth CertificatesCaliforniaCesarean SectionFemaleGestational AgeHospitalsHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, Newborn, DiseasesMorbidityObstetric Labor ComplicationsObstetricsPatient DischargePoisson DistributionPregnancyQuality Indicators, Health CareRegression AnalysisRisk FactorsYoung AdultConceptsRisk-standardized ratesMorbidity rateNeonatal outcomesObstetrical performancePatient clinical risk factorsFuture quality improvement effortsMaternal morbidity ratesNeonatal morbidity ratesProcedures/surgeriesSevere newborn morbiditySevere maternal morbidityClinical risk factorsShock/resuscitationHospital discharge recordsMaternal-newborn outcomesQuality improvement effortsPrevalent morbidityMaternal morbidityNeonatal morbidityRespiratory complicationsIntravascular coagulationNewborn morbidityHeart failureTerm birthsHospital variation
2014
“Phenotyping” Hospital Value of Care for Patients with Heart Failure
Xu X, Li S, Lin H, Normand S, Kim N, Ott LS, Lagu T, Duan M, Kroch EA, Krumholz HM. “Phenotyping” Hospital Value of Care for Patients with Heart Failure. Health Services Research 2014, 49: 2000-2016. PMID: 24974769, PMCID: PMC4254136, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower mortalityHeart failureHeart failure hospitalizationHospital mortality rateLonger hospital stayIntensive care unitDistinct joint trajectoriesValue of careFailure hospitalizationHospital stayCare unitClinical outcomesGroup of hospitalsHospital characteristicsHospital careHospital patternsSurgical proceduresMultinomial logistic regressionMortality rateHigh mortalityHospitalHospitalizationMortalityLogistic regressionHospital Value