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
2016
Hospital Phenotypes in the Management of Patients Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Xu X, Li SX, Lin H, Normand SL, Lagu T, Desai N, Duan M, Kroch EA, Krumholz HM. Hospital Phenotypes in the Management of Patients Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Medical Care 2016, 54: 929-936. PMID: 27261637, PMCID: PMC5305177, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionICU admission rateICU admissionMyocardial infarctionAdmission ratesProcedure ratesIntensive care unit admissionHigher ICU admissionLower ICU admissionCare unit admissionCoronary artery bypassPatients' clinical characteristicsManagement of patientsOpen heart surgeryRisk-standardized mortalityArtery bypassUnit admissionClinical characteristicsCoronary interventionReadmission ratesGroup of hospitalsHospital costsPractice patternsCABG