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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedCochran GL, Horn SD
Potential effect of coding differences on comparisons of rural and urban outcomes.
To investigate the concern that systematic differences in coding exist, the researchers conducted a small pilot study. Their study compared rural and urban disease severity for four common diagnoses in a Midwestern urban academic medical center and eight critical access hospitals (CAHs). They found significantly fewer comorbidities (identified according to ICD-9 codes) in rural subjects, despite their being approximately 15 years older than subjects in the urban comparator group.
AHRQ-funded; HS018059.
Citation: Cochran GL, Horn SD .
Potential effect of coding differences on comparisons of rural and urban outcomes.
J Am Geriatr Soc 2015 Oct;63(10):2210-2. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13692..
Keywords: Rural Health, Urban Health, Comparative Effectiveness, Outcomes
Tsilimingras D, Schnipper J, Duke A
Post-discharge adverse events among urban and rural patients of an urban community hospital: a prospective cohort study.
The researchers aimed to determine the rate of postdischarge adverse events (AEs), classify the types of post-discharge AEs, and identify risk factors for post-discharge AEs in urban and rural patients. They found that post-discharge AEs were common in both urban and rural patients and many were preventable or ameliorable.
AHRQ-funded; HS018694.
Citation: Tsilimingras D, Schnipper J, Duke A .
Post-discharge adverse events among urban and rural patients of an urban community hospital: a prospective cohort study.
J Gen Intern Med 2015 Aug;30(8):1164-71. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3260-3..
Keywords: Adverse Events, Hospital Discharge, Outcomes, Risk, Rural Health