Published in Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes on September 01, 2008
Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure. N Engl J Med (2010) 10.82
Diagnoses and timing of 30-day readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia. JAMA (2013) 5.27
National and regional trends in heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries, 1998-2008. JAMA (2011) 5.16
Recent national trends in readmission rates after heart failure hospitalization. Circ Heart Fail (2009) 3.95
Long-term outcomes in elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.85
Decision making in advanced heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation (2012) 3.61
An administrative claims measure suitable for profiling hospital performance based on 30-day all-cause readmission rates among patients with acute myocardial infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2011) 3.31
Contemporary evidence about hospital strategies for reducing 30-day readmissions: a national study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 3.12
Impact of social factors on risk of readmission or mortality in pneumonia and heart failure: systematic review. J Gen Intern Med (2012) 2.67
Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions. BMJ (2013) 2.36
National patterns of risk-standardized mortality and readmission for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. Update on publicly reported outcomes measures based on the 2010 release. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2010) 2.33
Outcomes after ischemic stroke for hospitals with and without Joint Commission-certified primary stroke centers. Neurology (2011) 2.18
Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA (2013) 2.06
Allocating scarce resources in real-time to reduce heart failure readmissions: a prospective, controlled study. BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 1.94
Trends in hospitalizations and outcomes for acute cardiovascular disease and stroke, 1999-2011. Circulation (2014) 1.90
Hospital strategies associated with 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2013) 1.72
Factors associated with 30-day readmission rates after percutaneous coronary intervention. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.70
Predictors of hospital readmission after stroke: a systematic review. Stroke (2010) 1.67
Impact of socioeconomic status measures on hospital profiling in New York City. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2014) 1.63
Rates and predictors of 30-day readmission among commercially insured and Medicaid-enrolled patients hospitalized with systolic heart failure. Circ Heart Fail (2012) 1.62
Outcomes in patients with heart failure treated in hospitals with varying admission rates: population-based cohort study. BMJ Qual Saf (2014) 1.61
The quality of hospital work environments and missed nursing care is linked to heart failure readmissions: a cross-sectional study of US hospitals. BMJ Qual Saf (2015) 1.50
Quality of care in the US territories. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.49
Utility of socioeconomic status in predicting 30-day outcomes after heart failure hospitalization. Circ Heart Fail (2015) 1.47
Clinical Effectiveness of Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. Circ Heart Fail (2016) 1.45
Sex Differences in the Rate, Timing, and Principal Diagnoses of 30-Day Readmissions in Younger Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation (2015) 1.44
Regional Hospital Collaboration and Outcomes in Medicare Heart Failure Patients: See You in 7. JACC Heart Fail (2015) 1.44
Hospital nursing and 30-day readmissions among Medicare patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumonia. Med Care (2013) 1.42
Trends in aortic valve replacement for elderly patients in the United States, 1999-2011. JAMA (2013) 1.41
Variation exists in rates of admission to intensive care units for heart failure patients across hospitals in the United States. Circulation (2013) 1.37
Determinants of preventable readmissions in the United States: a systematic review. Implement Sci (2010) 1.36
Predictors of early readmission among patients 40 to 64 years of age hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2014) 1.36
30-day mortality and readmission after hemorrhagic stroke among Medicare beneficiaries in Joint Commission primary stroke center-certified and noncertified hospitals. Stroke (2011) 1.29
Community factors and hospital readmission rates. Health Serv Res (2014) 1.29
Association of self-reported hospital discharge handoffs with 30-day readmissions. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 1.28
Trends in the incidence and outcomes of heart failure in Ontario, Canada: 1997 to 2007. CMAJ (2012) 1.27
Trajectories of risk after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia: retrospective cohort study. BMJ (2015) 1.26
Functional Status Outperforms Comorbidities in Predicting Acute Care Readmissions in Medically Complex Patients. J Gen Intern Med (2015) 1.24
Rehospitalizations Following Sepsis: Common and Costly. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.23
Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study. BMJ (2013) 1.23
Based on key measures, care quality for Medicare enrollees at safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals was almost equal. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 1.23
Hospital performance measures and 30-day readmission rates. J Gen Intern Med (2012) 1.23
Perceptions of hospital safety climate and incidence of readmission. Health Serv Res (2010) 1.21
Survival after acute myocardial infarction (SAMI) study: the design and implementation of a positive deviance study. Am Heart J (2011) 1.19
Trends in left ventricular assist device use and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2004-2011. Open Heart (2014) 1.14
Are readmission rates on a neurosurgical service indicators of quality of care? J Neurosurg (2013) 1.07
Relationships between emerging measures of heart failure processes of care and clinical outcomes. Am Heart J (2010) 1.06
Postdischarge environment following heart failure hospitalization: expanding the view of hospital readmission. J Am Heart Assoc (2013) 1.05
Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission. Ann Intern Med (2014) 1.05
Readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia among young and middle-aged adults: a retrospective observational cohort study. PLoS Med (2014) 1.03
30-Day risk-standardized mortality and readmission rates after ischemic stroke in critical access hospitals. Stroke (2012) 1.02
Electronically monitored medication adherence predicts hospitalization in heart failure patients. Patient Prefer Adherence (2013) 0.98
Predicting costs among medicare beneficiaries with heart failure. Am J Cardiol (2011) 0.96
Data-driven decisions for reducing readmissions for heart failure: general methodology and case study. PLoS One (2014) 0.95
The inpatient experience and predictors of length of stay for patients hospitalized with systolic heart failure: comparison by commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare payer type. J Med Econ (2012) 0.95
Assessing the importance of predictors in unplanned hospital readmissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res (2015) 0.94
Hospital-based, acute care use among patients within 30 days of discharge after coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.94
Acute decompensated heart failure is routinely treated as a cardiopulmonary syndrome. PLoS One (2013) 0.92
Leveraging derived data elements in data analytic models for understanding and predicting hospital readmissions. AMIA Annu Symp Proc (2012) 0.91
Outcomes for mitral valve surgery among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, 1999 to 2008. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2012) 0.91
Procedure intensity and the cost of care. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2012) 0.90
Correlations among risk-standardized mortality rates and among risk-standardized readmission rates within hospitals. J Hosp Med (2012) 0.90
The dilemma, causes and approaches to avoid recurrent hospital readmissions for patients with chronic heart failure. Heart Fail Rev (2012) 0.89
Strategies to Reduce 30-Day Readmissions in Older Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure and Acute Myocardial Infarction. Curr Geriatr Rep (2014) 0.87
Hospitalist utilization and hospital performance on 6 publicly reported patient outcomes. J Hosp Med (2012) 0.86
Prospective development and validation of a model to predict heart failure hospitalisation. Heart (2014) 0.86
Hospital strategy uptake and reductions in unplanned readmission rates for patients with heart failure: a prospective study. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 0.86
Reliability of 30-Day Readmission Measures Used in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program. Health Serv Res (2016) 0.85
Electronic medical record-based multicondition models to predict the risk of 30 day readmission or death among adult medicine patients: validation and comparison to existing models. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2015) 0.84
A population health approach to reducing observational intensity bias in health risk adjustment: cross sectional analysis of insurance claims. BMJ (2014) 0.84
Critical pathways for post-emergency outpatient diagnosis and treatment: tools to improve the value of emergency care. Acad Emerg Med (2011) 0.83
Living in the readmission era. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2014) 0.83
Variability in Implementation of Interventions Aimed at Reducing Readmissions Among Patients With Heart Failure: A Survey of Teaching Hospitals. Acad Med (2016) 0.82
Outcomes of medicare beneficiaries with heart failure and atrial fibrillation. JACC Heart Fail (2014) 0.82
Feasibility of using multivector impedance to monitor pulmonary congestion in heart failure patients. J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2012) 0.82
Post-discharge Follow-up Characteristics Associated With 30-Day Readmission After Heart Failure Hospitalization. Med Care (2016) 0.82
Semi-Competing Risks Data Analysis: Accounting for Death as a Competing Risk When the Outcome of Interest Is Nonterminal. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2016) 0.82
Quality collaboratives and campaigns to reduce readmissions: what strategies are hospitals using? J Hosp Med (2013) 0.81
Readmission within 1 month of discharge among patients with acute ischemic stroke: results of the University HealthSystem Consortium Stroke Benchmarking study. J Vasc Interv Neurol (2013) 0.81
Hospital-based, acute care after ambulatory surgery center discharge. Surgery (2013) 0.81
Impact of prior admissions on 30-day readmissions in medicare heart failure inpatients. Mayo Clin Proc (2014) 0.80
"Phenotyping" hospital value of care for patients with heart failure. Health Serv Res (2014) 0.80
Integrating new practices: a qualitative study of how hospital innovations become routine. Implement Sci (2015) 0.79
What is the value of adding Medicare data in estimating VA hospital readmission rates? Health Serv Res (2014) 0.79
Hospital variation in noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute decompensated heart failure. Circ Heart Fail (2014) 0.79
Guideline concordance of testing for hyperkalemia and kidney dysfunction during initiation of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist therapy in patients with heart failure. Circ Heart Fail (2013) 0.79
Clinical effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy versus medical therapy alone among patients with heart failure: analysis of the ICD Registry and ADHERE. Circ Heart Fail (2014) 0.79
Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations: Rationale, Methods, and Early Results. Med Care (2016) 0.78
A comparison of Chinese and non-Chinese Canadian patients hospitalized with heart failure. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2013) 0.78
Heart failure re-admission: measuring the ever shortening gap between repeat heart failure hospitalizations. PLoS One (2014) 0.78
Predicting 30-Day Readmissions in an Asian Population: Building a Predictive Model by Incorporating Markers of Hospitalization Severity. PLoS One (2016) 0.78
Patient Characteristics Predicting Readmission Among Individuals Hospitalized for Heart Failure. Med Care Res Rev (2015) 0.78
National trends in stroke after acute myocardial infarction among Medicare patients in the United States: 1999 to 2010. Am Heart J (2014) 0.77
Treatment for Multiple Acute Cardiopulmonary Conditions in Older Adults Hospitalized with Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or Heart Failure. J Am Geriatr Soc (2016) 0.77
Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Blacks: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2015) 0.77
Relationship Between Age and Trajectories of Rehospitalization Risk in Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc (2016) 0.76
Prevalence and temporal pattern of hospital readmissions for patients with type I and type II diabetes. BMJ Open (2015) 0.75
Assessing Risk and Preventing 30-Day Readmissions in Decompensated Heart Failure: Opportunity to Intervene? Curr Heart Fail Rep (2015) 0.75
Maturational, comorbid, maternal and discharge domain impact on preterm rehospitalizations: a comparison of planned and unplanned rehospitalizations. J Perinatol (2015) 0.75
Tracking clinical status for heart failure patients using ballistocardiography and electrocardiography signal features. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc (2014) 0.75
Screening for serious mental illness in the general population. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2003) 15.75
Participation in cancer clinical trials: race-, sex-, and age-based disparities. JAMA (2004) 14.05
Interneurons of the neocortical inhibitory system. Nat Rev Neurosci (2004) 13.33
Guest authorship and ghostwriting in publications related to rofecoxib: a case study of industry documents from rofecoxib litigation. JAMA (2008) 12.36
Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation from medical imaging procedures. N Engl J Med (2009) 11.51
Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure. N Engl J Med (2010) 10.82
Twelve or 30 months of dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stents. N Engl J Med (2014) 10.54
Delayed time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med (2008) 8.36
Strategies for reducing the door-to-balloon time in acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (2006) 8.18
Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex. Nat Rev Neurosci (2008) 8.14
Criteria for evaluation of novel markers of cardiovascular risk: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation (2009) 8.11
Door-to-balloon time and mortality among patients undergoing primary PCI. N Engl J Med (2013) 8.08
AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update: endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Circulation (2006) 8.01
2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 7.94
Nonvalidation of reported genetic risk factors for acute coronary syndrome in a large-scale replication study. JAMA (2007) 7.12
2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation (2012) 6.94
Trial publication after registration in ClinicalTrials.Gov: a cross-sectional analysis. PLoS Med (2009) 6.89
Stereotactic body radiation therapy versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer: comparison of toxicity. J Clin Oncol (2014) 6.62
Duration of resuscitation efforts and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational study. Lancet (2012) 6.60
Publication of NIH funded trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov: cross sectional analysis. BMJ (2012) 6.39
Gene expression programs in response to hypoxia: cell type specificity and prognostic significance in human cancers. PLoS Med (2006) 6.04
The obesity paradox: body mass index and outcomes in patients with heart failure. Arch Intern Med (2005) 5.86
Sex-based differences in the effect of digoxin for the treatment of heart failure. N Engl J Med (2002) 5.74
Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas. N Engl J Med (2015) 5.71
Trends in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med (2012) 5.67
Patterns of hospital performance in acute myocardial infarction and heart failure 30-day mortality and readmission. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2009) 5.66
Pay for performance in commercial HMOs. N Engl J Med (2006) 5.52
Sex and racial differences in the management of acute myocardial infarction, 1994 through 2002. N Engl J Med (2005) 5.49
An administrative claims model suitable for profiling hospital performance based on 30-day mortality rates among patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2006) 5.35
Diagnoses and timing of 30-day readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia. JAMA (2013) 5.27
National and regional trends in heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries, 1998-2008. JAMA (2011) 5.16
Association of serum digoxin concentration and outcomes in patients with heart failure. JAMA (2003) 5.09
Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality. JAMA (2006) 5.06
Beta-blocker therapy and symptoms of depression, fatigue, and sexual dysfunction. JAMA (2002) 4.92
Reporting the recruitment process in clinical trials: who are these patients and how did they get there? Ann Intern Med (2002) 4.80
Use of cardiac rehabilitation by Medicare beneficiaries after myocardial infarction or coronary bypass surgery. Circulation (2007) 4.74
National trends in use of computed tomography in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med (2011) 4.72
The ADVANTAGE seeding trial: a review of internal documents. Ann Intern Med (2008) 4.70
An administrative claims model suitable for profiling hospital performance based on 30-day mortality rates among patients with heart failure. Circulation (2006) 4.52
Regulatory review of novel therapeutics--comparison of three regulatory agencies. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.50
Representation of the elderly, women, and minorities in heart failure clinical trials. Arch Intern Med (2002) 4.45
Impact of medication therapy discontinuation on mortality after myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2006) 4.44
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 1--coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 4.39
Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care. Arch Intern Med (2008) 4.39
Efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets: a systematic review. JAMA (2003) 4.38
RIM1alpha forms a protein scaffold for regulating neurotransmitter release at the active zone. Nature (2002) 4.37
Trends in length of stay and short-term outcomes among Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure, 1993-2006. JAMA (2010) 4.36
Risks associated with statin therapy: a systematic overview of randomized clinical trials. Circulation (2006) 4.35