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The New York risk score for in-hospital and 30-day mortality for coronary artery bypass graft surgeryEdward L Hannan
State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 95:46-52. 2013..These deaths should also be accounted for, so we have developed a risk score based on in-hospital and 30-day mortality...
The New York State cardiac registries: history, contributions, limitations, and lessons for future efforts to assess and publicly report healthcare outcomesEdward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, 12144 3456, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 59:2309-16. 2012....
Appropriateness of coronary revascularization for patients without acute coronary syndromesEdward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12144, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 59:1870-6. 2012....
Comparative outcomes for patients who do and do not undergo percutaneous coronary intervention for stable coronary artery disease in New YorkEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
Circulation 125:1870-9. 2012....
30-day readmission for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions in New York stateEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 4:1335-42. 2011....
Drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in the treatment of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12144 3456, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 1:129-35. 2008..The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes for drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare-metal stents (BMS) for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)...
A comparison among the abilities of various injury severity measures to predict mortality with and without accompanying physiologic informationEdward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
J Trauma 58:244-51. 2005....
Randomized clinical trials and observational studies: guidelines for assessing respective strengths and limitationsEdward L Hannan
SUNY University at Albany, School of Public Health, Rensselaer, New York 12144 3456, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 1:211-7. 2008..This state-of-the art review describes these limitations and discusses how to assess the validity of RCTs and OS that yield different conclusions regarding the relative merit of competing treatments/interventions...
Incomplete revascularization in the era of drug-eluting stents: impact on adverse outcomesEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12144 3456, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2:17-25. 2009..We sought to compare outcomes for percutaneous coronary intervention patients undergoing complete revascularization (CR) and incomplete revascularization (IR) in the drug-eluting stent era...
Predictors and outcomes of ad hoc versus non-ad hoc percutaneous coronary interventionsEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12144, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2:350-6. 2009..Our aim was to compare longer-term outcomes for ad hoc percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and non-ad hoc PCI...
Elderly trauma inpatients in New York state: 1994-1998Edward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, USA
J Trauma 56:1297-304. 2004..The aging of the population in the United States has led to an increase in geriatric trauma. This study aimed to examine the characteristics and outcomes of geriatric trauma patients in New York State...
Aortic valve replacement for patients with severe aortic stenosis: risk factors and their impact on 30-month mortalityEdward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12144 3456, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 87:1741-9. 2009..Few studies have reported population-based outcomes for aortic valve replacement patients...
Risk index for predicting in-hospital mortality for cardiac valve surgeryEdward L Hannan
State University of New York at Albany, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 83:921-9. 2007....
Predicting risk-adjusted mortality for CABG surgery: logistic versus hierarchical logistic modelsEdward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12144 3456, USA
Med Care 43:726-35. 2005..There is virtually nothing in the literature that compares the results of standard logistic regression to those of hierarchical logistic models in predicting future provider performance...
Impact of completeness of percutaneous coronary intervention revascularization on long-term outcomes in the stent eraEdward L Hannan
State University of New York, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
Circulation 113:2406-12. 2006....
Differences in per capita rates of revascularization and in choice of revascularization procedure for eleven statesEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 6:35. 2006..coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery)...
Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: differences in short-term outcomes and in long-term mortality and need for subsequent revascularizationEdward L Hannan
State University of New York at Albany, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
Circulation 116:1145-52. 2007....
A comparison of mortality, myocardial infarction, and repeated revascularization for sirolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting coronary stentsEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12144 3456, USA
Am Heart J 154:545-53. 2007..There are only 2 approved devices: sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) and paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES). Only a few population-based studies have compared their patient outcomes...
Differences in utilization of drug-eluting stents by race and payerEdward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
Am J Cardiol 100:1192-8. 2007..93) and 0.85, 95% CI 0.75 to 0.96). In conclusion, African-Americans and low income groups receive DES less frequently than their counterparts compared with BMS. This is related to the hospitals where they are admitted, but not entirely...
Volume-outcome relationships for percutaneous coronary interventions in the stent eraEdward L Hannan
State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
Circulation 112:1171-9. 2005..Most studies that are the basis of recommended volume thresholds for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) predate the routine use of stent placement...
Drug-eluting stents vs. coronary-artery bypass grafting in multivessel coronary diseaseEdward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12144 3456, USA
N Engl J Med 358:331-41. 2008..However, little information has become available since the introduction of drug-eluting stents...
Comparison of coronary artery stenting outcomes in the eras before and after the introduction of drug-eluting stentsEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
Circulation 117:2071-8. 2008..The purpose of the present study was to compare outcomes for patients who underwent stenting in the eras before and after the introduction of DES...
Outcomes for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in hospitals with and without onsite coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the New York State experienceEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2:519-27. 2009..However, controversy still exists as to whether PCI should be expanded to hospitals without coronary artery bypass graft surgery...
Out-of-hospital deaths within 30 days following hospitalization where percutaneous coronary intervention was performedEdward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, New York, USA
Am J Cardiol 109:47-52. 2012..Most deaths in the 30-day group were cardiovascular, and most were cardiac and acute. A small percentage were related to chronic cardiac disease or to vascular disease...
Association of surgical specialty and processes of care with patient outcomes for carotid endarterectomyE L Hannan
State University of New York, University at Albany, Rensselaer, USA
Stroke 32:2890-7. 2001..The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of processes of care and surgical specialty on adverse outcomes for CE...
Predictors of mortality for patients undergoing cardiac valve replacements in New York StateE L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 70:1212-8. 2000..The objective of this study was to identify the mortality rates and significant independent risk factors for mortality for each of six valve replacement groups...
A comparison of short- and long-term outcomes for balloon angioplasty and coronary stent placementE L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, New York 12144 3456, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 36:395-403. 2000..We sought to compare patient outcomes for coronary stent placement and balloon angioplasty...
30-day readmissions after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in New York StateEdward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany 12144 3456, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 4:569-76. 2011..The aim of this study was to identify reasons for and predictors of readmission...
Comparison of outcomes for patients receiving drug-eluting versus bare metal stents for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionEdward L Hannan
University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
Am J Cardiol 107:1311-8. 2011....
Predictors of postoperative hematocrit and association of hematocrit with adverse outcomes for coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients with cardiopulmonary bypassEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12144 3456, USA
J Card Surg 25:638-46. 2010..To determine predictors of low intensive care unit (ICU) admission hematocrit, and to determine if low hematocrit is associated with postoperative outcomes for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass...
Effect of onset-to-door time and door-to-balloon time on mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions for st-segment elevation myocardial infarctionEdward L Hannan
University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
Am J Cardiol 106:143-7. 2010..29, 95% confidence interval 0.95 to 1.77). In conclusion, the combination of short (<90 minutes) DTB time and short (<4 hours) OTD time was associated with the lowest longer term mortality rate...
Do hospitals and surgeons with higher coronary artery bypass graft surgery volumes still have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates?Edward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12144 3456, USA
Circulation 108:795-801. 2003..This study examines both hospital and surgeon volume-mortality relations for CABG surgery through the use of a population-based clinical data set...
Predictors of readmission for complications of coronary artery bypass graft surgeryEdward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany 12144 3456, USA
JAMA 290:773-80. 2003..Risk factors for perioperative mortality after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery have been extensively studied. However, which factors are associated with early readmissions following CABG surgery are less clear...
Provider profiling and quality improvement efforts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the effect on short-term mortality among Medicare beneficiariesEdward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, USA
Med Care 41:1164-72. 2003..In the last decade, a few states or regions in the United States have initiated efforts to publicly disseminate coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery outcomes and/or formally initiate quality improvement programs for CABG surgery...
The relationship between perioperative temperature and adverse outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgeryEdward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12144 3456, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 139:1568-1575.e1. 2010..The study objective was to determine predictors of hypothermia and hyperthermia, and the impact of hypothermia and hyperthermia on postoperative outcomes for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting...
Culprit vessel percutaneous coronary intervention versus multivessel and staged percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients with multivessel diseaseEdward L Hannan
School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12144 3456, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 3:22-31. 2010....
Adherence of catheterization laboratory cardiologists to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for percutaneous coronary interventions and coronary artery bypass graft surgery: what happens in actual practice?Edward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12144 3456, USA
Circulation 121:267-75. 2010....
Predicting trauma inpatient mortality in an administrative database: an investigation of survival risk ratios using New York dataEdward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, NY 12144 3456, USA
J Trauma 62:964-8. 2007..A precise and unbiased measure of injury severity, calculable from administrative data sets, is needed for population-based studies...
Relationship between provider volume and mortality for carotid endarterectomies in New York stateE L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, State University of New York, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany Medical College, NY, USA
Stroke 29:2292-7. 1998....
Access to coronary artery bypass surgery by race/ethnicity and gender among patients who are appropriate for surgeryE L Hannan
State University of New York, University at Albany, Rensselar, 12144 3456, USA
Med Care 37:68-77. 1999....
Has evidence changed practice?: appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy after the clinical trialsE A Halm
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Neurology 68:187-94. 2007..To assess how appropriateness of and indications for carotid endarterectomy (CEA) have changed following the publication of several large international randomized controlled trials (RCTs) designed to rationalize use of CEA...
Long-term outcomes of coronary-artery bypass grafting versus stent implantationEdward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
N Engl J Med 352:2174-83. 2005..3 percent for subsequent CABG and 27.3 percent vs. 4.6 percent for subsequent PCI). CONCLUSIONS: For patients with two or more diseased coronary arteries, CABG is associated with higher adjusted rates of long-term survival than stenting...
Utilization and outcomes of unprotected left main coronary artery stenting and coronary artery bypass graft surgeryChuntao Wu
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 86:1153-9. 2008..Limited contemporary information is available on outcomes for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease who are revascularized...
A comparison of short- and long-term outcomes after off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery with sternotomyMichael J Racz
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12144-3456, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 43:557-64. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: On-pump patients experience better long-term survival and freedom from revascularization than off-pump patients. However, the survival benefit from on-pump procedures was no longer present in the last two years of the study...
Mortality and locomotion 6 months after hospitalization for hip fracture: risk factors and risk-adjusted hospital outcomesE L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany-State University of New York, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456, USA
JAMA 285:2736-42. 2001..Hospital performance for these 2 measures may differ substantially after adjustment, probably because different processes of care are important to each outcome...
Risk stratification of in-hospital mortality for coronary artery bypass graft surgeryEdward L Hannan
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 47:661-8. 2006..782. CONCLUSIONS: The risk index appears to be a valuable tool for predicting patient risk when applied to another year of New York data. It should now be tested against other risk indexes in a variety of geographical regions...
Predictors of in-hospital postoperative complications among adults undergoing bariatric procedures in New York state, 2003Wendy E Weller
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, NY, USA
Obes Surg 16:702-8. 2006..Understanding patient level factors that predict or are associated with adverse outcomes among bariatric surgery patients can help to identify patients who need to be monitored particularly carefully...
Impact of cardiac catheterization-percutaneous coronary intervention timing on inhospital mortalityCarol L Goldstein
School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
Am Heart J 144:561-7. 2002..59, P =.04 and OR = 1.64, P =.04, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Combined procedures appear to have mortality as low as staged procedures on average, but are less effective for some groups of high-risk patients...
Appending limited clinical data to an administrative database for assessing institutional quality outliers for AMI care: does it matter?Wendy E Weller
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
Int J Cardiol 140:95-101. 2010..The major objective of this study was to determine whether individual hospital performance would be assessed differently if clinical data were added to an administrative dataset...
Motor vehicle crashes in New York State: importance of accounting for emergency department deaths when assessing differences in in-hospital mortality by level of careE L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456, USA
J Trauma 50:1117-24. 2001..A more equitable way to assess hospital mortality rates may be to include emergency department deaths in addition to inpatient deaths...
Readmissions for venous thromboembolism: expanding the definition of patient safety indicatorsWendy E Weller
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, Rensselaer, New York, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Saf 30:497-504. 2004..Short-term readmissions for VTE are excluded because most state administrative databases are unable to track readmissions...
Severity of injury and mortality associated with pediatric blunt injuries: hospitals with pediatric intensive care units versus other hospitalsLouise Szypulski Farrell
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 5:5-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: There is significant triaging of the most seriously injured pediatric trauma inpatients to PICUs, and there is evidence that this policy is effective...
Is the impact of hospital and surgeon volumes on the in-hospital mortality rate for coronary artery bypass graft surgery limited to patients at high risk?Chuntao Wu
University at Albany, State University of New York, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
Circulation 110:784-9. 2004..Restriction of volume-based referral for CABG surgery to high-risk patients has been suggested, and earlier studies have reached different conclusions regarding volume-based referral for low-risk patients...
A risk score to predict in-hospital mortality for percutaneous coronary interventionsChuntao Wu
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 47:654-60. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The risk score accurately predicted in-hospital death for PCI procedures using future New York data. Its performance in other patient populations needs to be further studied...
Relationship between surgeon and hospital volume and readmission after bariatric operationWendy E Weller
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
J Am Coll Surg 204:383-91. 2007..Few studies have focused on the relationship between provider volume and short-term readmissions among bariatric operation patients...
Relationship between provider volume and postoperative complications for bariatric procedures in New York StateWendy E Weller
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456, USA
J Am Coll Surg 202:753-61. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The likelihood of postoperative complications from bariatric procedures is greater for patients with low-volume surgeons or in low-volume hospitals...
Physiologic trauma triage criteria in adult trauma patients: are they effective in saving lives by transporting patients to trauma centers?Edward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, NY 12144, USA
J Am Coll Surg 200:584-92. 2005..We are unaware of any studies that have directly examined the ability of these criteria to reduce short-term mortality by transporting patients to trauma centers rather than to noncenters...
Clinical and operative predictors of outcomes of carotid endarterectomyEthan A Halm
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Vasc Surg 42:420-8. 2005..This study identifies the clinical, radiographic, surgical, and anesthesia variables that are independent predictors of deaths and stroke following carotid endarterectomy...
Preoperative status and risk of complications in patients with hip fractureMary Ann McLaughlin
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:219-25. 2006..Our objective was to identify potentially modifiable clinical findings that should be considered in decisions about the timing of surgery...
A multistate comparison of patient characteristics, outcomes, and treatment practices in acute myocardial infarctionShadi S Saleh
The Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York, University at Albany, Rensselaer, New York
Am J Cardiol 96:1190-6. 2005..In conclusion, large differences in practice patterns and treatment outcomes exist across states...
Frequency and impact of active clinical issues and new impairments on hospital discharge in patients with hip fractureEthan A Halm
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:108-13. 2003..Hip fracture is associated with significant mortality and disability. Patients who are discharged from the hospital with active clinical problems may have worse outcomes than those patients without active clinical problems...
The postoperative hemorrhage and hematoma patient safety indicator and its risk factorsJennie L Shufelt
State University of New York at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
Am J Med Qual 20:210-8. 2005..The PSI misses events identified on readmission, but the consequences of these events are not as severe as those currently captured. A variety of patient and hospital characteristics are predictive of a higher risk of POHH...
Association of timing of surgery for hip fracture and patient outcomesGretchen M Orosz
Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
JAMA 291:1738-43. 2004..Additional research is needed on whether functional outcomes may be improved. In the meantime, patients with hip fracture who are medically stable should receive early surgery when possible...
Physical therapy and mobility 2 and 6 months after hip fractureJoan D Penrod
Program of Research on Serious Physical and Mental Illness and Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1114-20. 2004..To examine the relationship between early physical therapy (PT), later therapy, and mobility 2 and 6 months after hip fracture...
Hip fracture in the older patient: reasons for delay in hospitalization and timing of surgical repairGretchen M Orosz
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1336-40. 2002....
Patients with hip fracture: subgroups and their outcomesElizabeth A Eastwood
Bronx Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1240-9. 2002..To present several alternative approaches to describing the range and functional outcomes of patients with hip fracture...
Carotid endarterectomy utilization and mortality in 10 statesShadi S Saleh
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York, University of Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
Am J Surg 187:14-9. 2004..The primary purposes of this study are to examine the variation of risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality rates after CEA in 10 states, and utilization rates per capita of CEA...
The influence of hospital and surgeon volume on in-hospital mortality for colectomy, gastrectomy, and lung lobectomy in patients with cancerEdward L Hannan
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456, USA
Surgery 131:6-15. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: For all 3 procedure groups, the risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality is significantly lower when the procedures are performed by high-volume providers...
Factors associated with potentially preventable hospitalization in nursing home residents in New York State: a survey of directors of nursingYuchi Young
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 12144, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:901-7. 2010..To describe characteristics of New York State nursing homes and identify factors associated with potentially preventable hospitalization in nursing home residents...
Multicenter experience in revascularization of very elderly patientsEric D Peterson
The Outcomes Research and Assessment Group, The Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Am Heart J 148:486-92. 2004..We pooled the largest PCI and CABG clinical registries in the United States to better understand revascularization procedure use, risks and outcomes in patients aged > or =75 years...
Evaluating and improving the quality of care for acute myocardial infarction: can regionalization help?Edward L Hannan
JAMA 295:2177-9. 2006
Variability in cost of coronary bypass surgery in New York State: potential for cost savingsPatricia A Cowper
Outcomes Research and Assessment Group, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Am Heart J 143:130-9. 2002....
Trends in postoperative length of stay after bypass surgeryPatricia A Cowper
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Am Heart J 152:1194-200. 2006..This study examined trends in postoperative LOS, associated rates of transfer at discharge and variation among hospitals in LOS at CABG hospitals in New York State...
ACCF/AHA/SCAI 2007 update of the Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Interventional Procedures: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Spencer B King
Circulation 116:98-124. 2007
Mortality in Medicare beneficiaries following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in states with and without certificate of need regulationMary S Vaughan-Sarrazin
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
JAMA 288:1859-66. 2002..While there have been several studies investigating whether these regulations have affected health care investment, few have evaluated the relationship between certificate of need regulation and quality of care...
ACCF/AHA/SCAI 2007 update of the clinical competence statement on cardiac interventional procedures: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Spencer B King
J Am Coll Cardiol 50:82-108. 2007
In-hospital mortality following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Veterans Health Administration and private sector hospitalsGary E Rosenthal
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa 52242, USA
Med Care 41:522-35. 2003..Compare severity-adjusted in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) in VA and private sector hospitals in two geographic regions...
New York's statistical model accurately predicts mortality risk for veterans who obtain private sector CABGWilliam B Weeks
Veterans' Rural Health Initiative, VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1186-96. 2005..The New York Department of Health risk adjustment model adequately applies to veterans who obtain CABG in the private sector in New York...
Do we need separate risk stratification models for hospital mortality after heart valve surgery?Menno van Gameren
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ann Thorac Surg 85:921-30. 2008..Based mainly upon coronary surgery patients, EuroSCORE may not be optimal for valve surgery patients. We evaluated the New York (NY) State dedicated valve surgery models and compared their performance to the EuroSCORE model...
Readmissions for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: an important supplementary outcomeEdward L Hannan
Ital Heart J 4:735-8. 2003
Veterans Health Administration patients' use of the private sector for coronary revascularization in New York: opportunities to improve outcomes by directing care to high-performance hospitalsWilliam B Weeks
VA Outcomes Group, Veterans Health Administration, White River Junction, Vermont 05009, USA
Med Care 44:519-26. 2006..We sought to quantify Veterans Health Administration (VA) patients' utilization of coronary revascularization in the private sector and to assess the potential impact of directing this care to high-performance hospitals...
Assessing quality and outcomes for percutaneous coronary intervention: choosing statistical models, outcomes, time periods, and patient populationsEdward L Hannan
Am Heart J 145:571-4. 2003
Is early too early? Effect of shorter stays after bypass surgeryPatricia A Cowper
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27715, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 83:100-7. 2007..This study examined the effect of early discharge after CABG on readmission/death and cost within 60 days of discharge home. Variability in hospitals' tendencies for early discharge and adverse outcomes was also explored...
Publicly reporting quality informationEdward L Hannan
JAMA 293:2999-3000; author reply 3000-1. 2005
Assessing a regional trauma systemMark C Henry
J Am Coll Surg 200:481; author reply 481-2. 2005
