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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedAmin AP, Spertus JA, Kulkarni H
Improving care pathways for acute coronary syndrome: patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
This study examined ways to improve care pathways for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients who are low-risk with no complications. They looked at 434,172 low-risk uncomplicated ACS patients eligible for early discharge from the Premier database and identified ACS care pathways. They compared percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) types (trans-radial intervention [TRI] vs. transfemoral intervention (TFI) and by length of stay (LOS). Associations with costs and outcomes were tested using hierarchical, mixed-effects regression and projections of cost savings were obtained using modeling. More cost-savings were associated with TRI versus TFI. There was not an increased risk of adverse outcomes with a shorter LOS.
AHRQ-funded; HS022481.
Citation: Amin AP, Spertus JA, Kulkarni H .
Improving care pathways for acute coronary syndrome: patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
Am J Cardiol 2020 Feb;125(3):354-61. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.10.019..
Keywords: Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Healthcare Delivery, Registries, Healthcare Costs
Kamal AH, Nipp RD, Bull JH
Quality of palliative care for patients with advanced cancer in a community consortium.
The authors formed the Carolinas Consortium for Palliative Care and collected a quality data registry to monitor their practice and to inform quality improvement efforts. They demonstrated that measures evaluating process assessment, as opposed to interventions, are better documented. They concluded that analyzing data on quality is feasible and valuable in community-based palliative care and that, overall, processes to collect data on quality using nontechnology methods may underestimate true adherence to quality measures.
AHRQ-funded; HS022763.
Citation: Kamal AH, Nipp RD, Bull JH .
Quality of palliative care for patients with advanced cancer in a community consortium.
J Pain Symptom Manage 2015 Feb;49(2):289-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.05.024.
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Keywords: Cancer, Healthcare Delivery, Quality of Care, Palliative Care, Registries