Differences in Hospital Risk-standardized Mortality Rates for Acute Myocardial Infarction When Assessed Using Transferred and Nontransferred Patients
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DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000691
Abstract: Background: One in 5 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are transferred between hospitals. However, current hospital performance measures based on AMI mortality exclude these patients from the evaluation of referral hospitals. Objective: To determine… read more here.
Keywords: standardized mortality; risk standardized; hospital; mortality ... See more keywords
Variation in Risk-standardized Rates and Causes of Unplanned Hospital Visits Within 7 Days of Hospital Outpatient Surgery.
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DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004627
Abstract: OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to compare risk-standardized hospital visit ratios of the predicted to expected number of unplanned hospital visits within 7 days of same-day surgeries performed at US hospital outpatient departments… read more here.
Keywords: hospital visits; hospital outpatient; risk standardized; unplanned hospital ... See more keywords
Abstract 4141606: Is 70% Achievable? Hospital-Level Variation in Rates of Cardiac Rehabilitation Use among Medicare Beneficiaries
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DOI: 10.1161/circ.150.suppl_1.4141606
Abstract: Background: Hospitalization is an opportunity to refer and recruit eligible patients to cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Despite national goals to enroll 70% of CR-eligible patients, enrollment remains low, and little is known about how hospitals influence… read more here.
Keywords: hospital; cardiac rehabilitation; risk standardized; eligible patients ... See more keywords