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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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Home health agencies with high quality of patient care star ratings reduced short-term hospitalization rates and increased days independently at home.
Accurate Medicare Quality of Patient Care home health star ratings are crucial to helping patients find high-quality care, yet critics of these ratings indicate that they are not valid. The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess whether using the highest-rated home health agency available in a ZIP code improves outcomes. The researchers included 1,870,080 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries using home health care from July 2015 through July 2016 in the United States. The study found that treatment by the highest-rated agencies available decreased risks of hospitalization, emergency department use, and institutionalization during the initial episode, and increased days independently at home by 2.6% or 3.75 days in the 180 days after the end of the initial episode. Treatment effects were stronger for agencies that were above-average, had 1 or more stars than the next-best agency, and nonrural residents. Effects were positive for both postacute and community-entry patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS026836.
Citation: Li J .
Home health agencies with high quality of patient care star ratings reduced short-term hospitalization rates and increased days independently at home.
Med Care 2024 Jan; 62(1):11-20. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001930..
Keywords: Home Healthcare, Quality of Care, Hospitalization, Provider Performance
Probst MA, Janke AT, Haimovich AD
Development of a novel emergency department quality measure to reduce very low-risk syncope hospitalizations.
The purpose of this study was to develop a new quality measure to apply with very low risk adult emergency department patients under 50 years of age and with no history of heart disease presenting with syncope. The study found that of the 3,292 patients meeting the study criteria, .46% suffered serious adverse events within 30 days after discharge. When the criteria were applied to the 2019 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) to assess its potential effect (assessing for hospital-level factors associated with hospitalization variation), of the 566,031 patients meeting the criteria, 2.7% were hospitalized. The researchers identified factors associated with increased hospitalization rates, which included a yearly ED volume of more than 80,000 and metropolitan teaching status. The study concluded that the novel syncope quality measure developed by the researchers can evaluate variation in low-value hospitalizations for unexplained syncope.
AHRQ-funded; HS022882.
Citation: Probst MA, Janke AT, Haimovich AD .
Development of a novel emergency department quality measure to reduce very low-risk syncope hospitalizations.
Ann Emerg Med 2022 Jun;79(6):509-17. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.03.008..
Keywords: Emergency Department, Quality Measures, Hospitalization, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality of Care
Feng JY, Toomey SL, Elliott MN
Factors associated with family experience in pediatric inpatient care.
Researchers assessed which aspects of pediatric inpatient experience have the strongest relationships with parents' willingness to recommend a hospital. Their cross-sectional study examined surveys completed by parents of children hospitalized at hospitals using the Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey. They found that child comfort and nurse-parent communication showed the strongest relationships with willingness to recommend, followed by preparing to leave the hospital, doctor-parent communication, and keeping parents informed. They recommended improvement efforts focusing on creating an age-appropriate environment, improving the effectiveness of provider interactions, and engaging parents to share their values and concerns.
AHRQ-funded; HS020513; HS025299.
Citation: Feng JY, Toomey SL, Elliott MN .
Factors associated with family experience in pediatric inpatient care.
Pediatrics 2020 Mar;145(3): e20191264. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1264..
Keywords: Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS), Children/Adolescents, Quality Measures, Quality of Care, Inpatient Care, Patient Experience, Hospitals, Hospitalization, Patient and Family Engagement, Clinician-Patient Communication
McWilliams JM, Barnett ML, Roberts ET
Did hospital readmissions fall because per capita admission rates fell?
In this study examining the cause of falling hospital readmission rates, the investigators found that the probability of an admission occurring soon after another was lower when there were fewer admissions per patient. The authors indicate that the reduction in admission rates may explain much of the reduction in readmission rates.
AHRQ-funded; HS026727.
Citation: McWilliams JM, Barnett ML, Roberts ET .
Did hospital readmissions fall because per capita admission rates fell?
Health Aff 2019 Nov;38(11):1840-44. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00411..
Keywords: Hospital Readmissions, Hospitals, Hospitalization, Quality of Care, Medicare
Sabbatini AK, Wright B, Kocher K
Postdischarge unplanned care events among commercially insured patients with an observation stay versus short inpatient admission.
Observation stays are composing an increasing proportion of unscheduled hospitalizations in the United States, with unclear consequences for the quality of care. This study used a nationally representative data set of commercially insured patients hospitalized from the emergency department (ED) to compare 30-day postdischarge unplanned care events after an observation stay versus a short inpatient admission.
AHRQ-funded; HS024160.
Citation: Sabbatini AK, Wright B, Kocher K .
Postdischarge unplanned care events among commercially insured patients with an observation stay versus short inpatient admission.
Ann Emerg Med 2019 Sep;74(3):334-44. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.10.002..
Keywords: Emergency Department, Hospitalization, Quality of Care
Lauerman MH, Herrera AV, Albrecht JS
Interhospital transfers with wide variability in emergency general surgery.
This study examined modern hospital practices for interhospital transfers of emergency general surgery patients. A retrospective review of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission database was conducted from 2013 to 2015. The majority of patients (94.1%) were not transferred with only 3.2% transferred to a hospital and 2.7% transferred from a hospital. For individual hospitals, there was a range of 0-30.5% of encounters transferred to a hospital, 0.02-14.62% transferred from a hospital and 69.25-99.95% not transferred.
AHRQ-funded; HS024560.
Citation: Lauerman MH, Herrera AV, Albrecht JS .
Interhospital transfers with wide variability in emergency general surgery.
Am Surg 2019 Jun;85(6):595-600..
Keywords: Emergency Department, Healthcare Delivery, Hospitalization, Hospitals, Outcomes, Quality of Care, Surgery, Transitions of Care
O'Leary KJ, Johnson JK, Manojlovich M
Redesigning systems to improve teamwork and quality for hospitalized patients (RESET): study protocol evaluating the effect of mentored implementation to redesign clinical microsystems.
The goal of this study was to implement the Advanced and Integrated MicroSystems (AIMS) set of evidence-based complementary interventions across a range of clinical microsystems, to identify factors and strategies associated with successful implementation, and to evaluate impact on quality. The AIMS interventions are Unit-based Physician Teams; Unit Nurse-Physician Co-leadership; Enhanced Interprofessional Rounds; Unit-level Performance Reports; Patient Engagement Activities. Four hospital sites, each with a local leadership team, received guidance and resources to implement the AIMS interventions. A multi-method approach was used to collect and triangulate qualitative data during three visits to the sites. Outcomes included teamwork climate and adverse events.
AHRQ-funded; HS025649.
Citation: O'Leary KJ, Johnson JK, Manojlovich M .
Redesigning systems to improve teamwork and quality for hospitalized patients (RESET): study protocol evaluating the effect of mentored implementation to redesign clinical microsystems.
BMC Health Serv Res 2019 May 8;19(1):293. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4116-z..
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Healthcare Delivery, Hospitalization, Inpatient Care, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, Teams
Fisher KA, Smith KM, Gallagher TH
We want to know: patient comfort speaking up about breakdowns in care and patient experience.
The purpose of this study was to assess patient comfort speaking up about problems during hospitalisation and to identify patients at increased risk of having a problem and not feeling comfortable speaking up. The investigators suggest that creating conditions for patients to be comfortable speaking up may result in service recovery opportunities and improved patient experience. They assert that such efforts should consider the impact of health literacy and mental health on patient engagement in patient-safety activities.
AHRQ-funded; HS024596; HS022757.
Citation: Fisher KA, Smith KM, Gallagher TH .
We want to know: patient comfort speaking up about breakdowns in care and patient experience.
BMJ Qual Saf 2019 Mar;28(3):190-97. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008159..
Keywords: Clinician-Patient Communication, Hospitalization, Patient Experience, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement
Chukmaitov A, Harless DW, Bazzoli GJ
Preventable hospital admissions and 30-day all-cause readmissions: does hospital participation in accountable care organizations improve quality of care?
This study evaluates quality performance of hospitals participating in Medicare Shared Savings and Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs relative to nonparticipating hospitals. The authors studied preventable hospitalizations for conditions sensitive to high-quality ambulatory care and 30-day all-cause readmissions potentially influenced by hospital care. A decrease was found in preventable hospitalizations for COPD and asthma and for diabetes complications for ACO participating hospitals, but no significant differences for preventable chronic heart failure hospitalizations and 30-day readmissions.
AHRQ-funded; HS023332.
Citation: Chukmaitov A, Harless DW, Bazzoli GJ .
Preventable hospital admissions and 30-day all-cause readmissions: does hospital participation in accountable care organizations improve quality of care?
Am J Med Qual 2019 Jan/Feb;34(1):14-22. doi: 10.1177/1062860618778786..
Keywords: Hospital Readmissions, Hospitals, Quality of Care, Provider Performance, Hospitalization
Stockwell DC, Landrigan CP, Toomey SL
Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in patient safety events for hospitalized children.
Previous studies have revealed racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in quality of care and patient safety. However, these disparities have not been examined in a pediatric inpatient environment by using a measure of clinically confirmed adverse events (AEs). In this study, the investigators do so using the Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) Trigger Tool. The investigators concluded that the GAPPS analysis revealed racial and/or ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in rates of AEs experienced by hospitalized children across a broad range of geographic and hospital settings.
AHRQ-funded; HS020513; HS025299.
Citation: Stockwell DC, Landrigan CP, Toomey SL .
Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in patient safety events for hospitalized children.
Hosp Pediatr 2019 Jan;9(1):1-5. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2018-0131..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Disparities, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Social Determinants of Health, Hospitalization, Patient Safety, Quality of Care, Adverse Events
Parast L, Bardach NS, Burkhart Q
Development of new quality measures for hospital-based care of suicidal youth.
This study researched the value of 4 new quality measures developed to assess hospital-based care for suicidal youth. The four quality measures focused on counseling caregivers about restricting access to lethal means of self-harm, and the benefits and risks of antidepressant medications. They were divided into measures for the emergency department (ED) and inpatient measures. Survey field tests were conducted with caregivers of youth who were admitted to the ED or inpatient care for suicidality at 1 of 2 children’s hospitals between July 2013 and June 2014. Most caregivers did receive counseling about restricting their child’s access to lethal means of self-harm and also reported higher rates of counseling of benefits on antidepressants both in the ED and in the inpatient setting than the risks.
AHRQ-funded; HS020506.
Citation: Parast L, Bardach NS, Burkhart Q .
Development of new quality measures for hospital-based care of suicidal youth.
Acad Pediatr 2018 Apr;18(3):248-55. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2017.09.017..
Keywords: Caregiving, Children/Adolescents, Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS), Education: Patient and Caregiver, Emergency Department, Hospitalization, Hospitals, Inpatient Care, Behavioral Health, Prevention, Quality of Care, Quality Measures
Bhise V, Sittig DF, Vaghani V
An electronic trigger based on care escalation to identify preventable adverse events in hospitalised patients.
Researchers refined the methods of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's Global Trigger Tool application and leveraged electronic health record data to improve detection of preventable adverse events, including diagnostic errors. In the studied sample, preventable adverse events were identified, including adverse drug events, patient falls, procedure-related complications, and hospital-associated infections. The authors concluded that such e-triggers can help overcome limitations of currently available methods to detect preventable harm in hospitalized patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS022087; HS023602.
Citation: Bhise V, Sittig DF, Vaghani V .
An electronic trigger based on care escalation to identify preventable adverse events in hospitalised patients.
BMJ Qual Saf 2018 Mar;27(3):241-46. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006975..
Keywords: Adverse Events, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Hospitalization, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Prevention, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, Quality Indicators (QIs)
Ryskina KL, Konetzka RT, Werner RM
Association between 5-Star nursing home report card ratings and potentially preventable hospitalizations.
The goal of this study was to test whether the improvements in nursing homes’ 5-star ratings were correlated with reductions in rates of hospitalization; the researchers’ hypothesis was that increased attention to ratings motivated nursing homes to make changes to improve ratings but did not affect hospitalization rate, resulting in a weakened association between ratings and hospitalizations. 2007-2010 Medicare hospital claims and nursing home clinical assessment data were used to compare the correlation between nursing homes’ ratings and hospitalization rates. Correlation weakened slightly after the ratings became publicly available. The researchers conclude that improvements in nursing home ratings after the release of Medicare's 5-star rating system were not accompanied by improvements in a broader measure of outcomes for post-acute care patients and, although this dissociation may be due to additional factors, the 5-star ratings became less meaningful as an indicator of nursing home quality for these patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS021861.
Citation: Ryskina KL, Konetzka RT, Werner RM .
Association between 5-Star nursing home report card ratings and potentially preventable hospitalizations.
Inquiry 2018 Jan-Dec;55:46958018787323. doi: 10.1177/0046958018787323..
Keywords: Elderly, Nursing Homes, Medicare, Quality Indicators (QIs), Provider Performance, Quality Measures, Hospitalization, Quality of Care
Ellimoottil C, Syrjamaki JD, Volt JD
Validation of a claims-based algorithm to characterize episodes of care.
The Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC) developed a claims-based algorithm to provide hospitals with data on events that occur to patients beyond the hospitalization. In this article, the investigators discuss the validation of MVC's claims-based algorithm. They indicate that their findings suggest that the MVC claims-based algorithm identifies and classifies claims with high fidelity and outperforms medical records in the identification of postdischarge events.
AHRQ-funded; HS024193.
Citation: Ellimoottil C, Syrjamaki JD, Volt JD .
Validation of a claims-based algorithm to characterize episodes of care.
Am J Manag Care 2017 Nov;23(11):e382-e86..
Keywords: Hospital Discharge, Hospital Readmissions, Hospitalization, Hospitals, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement
Gounder PP, Seeman SM, Holman RC
AHRQ Author: Steiner CA
Potentially preventable hospitalizations for acute and chronic conditions in Alaska, 2010-2012.
The Healthy Alaska 2020 initiative (HA2020) targeted reducing potentially preventable hospitalizations (PPH) for acute and chronic conditions among its health indicators. This study found that among 127,371 total hospitalizations, 4,911 and 6,721 were for acute and chronic PPH conditions, respectively. The overall crude PPH rate was 7.3 (3.1 for acute and 4.2 for chronic conditions).
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Gounder PP, Seeman SM, Holman RC .
Potentially preventable hospitalizations for acute and chronic conditions in Alaska, 2010-2012.
Prev Med Rep 2016 Dec;4:614-21. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.03.017.
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Keywords: Hospitalization, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Quality Indicators (QIs), Chronic Conditions, Quality of Care
Rosenthal MB, Landrum MB, Robbins JA
Pay for performance in Medicaid: evidence from three natural experiments.
This study examined the impact of pay for performance in Medicaid on the quality and utilization of care. Primary outcomes of interest were Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)-like process measures of quality, utilization by service category, and ambulatory care-sensitive admissions and emergency department visits. Its findings were mixed, with no measurable quality improvements across the three states (Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Alabama), but reductions in hospital admissions in two programs.
AHRQ-funded.
Citation: Rosenthal MB, Landrum MB, Robbins JA .
Pay for performance in Medicaid: evidence from three natural experiments.
Health Serv Res 2016 Aug;51(4):1444-66. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12426.
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Keywords: Medicaid, Payment, Provider Performance, Healthcare Utilization, Quality of Care, Hospitalization, Emergency Department
Forster CS, Jerardi KE, Herbst L
Right test, wrong patient: biomarkers and value.
A 2-year-old girl with Pierre Robin sequence, a gastric tube, and a tracheostomy and ventilator was admitted to the hospital medicine service. The care delivered to this patient was not unsafe, and she did well. However, the value of care was almost certainly suboptimal. The continued emphasis on a single laboratory value (the procalcitonin test) rather than her clinical picture was the true driver behind the lower value of care delivered to this patient.
AHRQ-funded; HS023827.
Citation: Forster CS, Jerardi KE, Herbst L .
Right test, wrong patient: biomarkers and value.
Hosp Pediatr 2016 May;6(5):315-7. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2015-0199.
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Keywords: Quality of Care, Children/Adolescents, Hospitalization, Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Healthcare Delivery
Moghavem N, McDonald K, Ratliff JK
Performance measures in neurosurgical patient care: differing applications of patient safety indicators.
The researchers sought to determine how Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) rates and their impact on other outcomes in patients undergoing cranial neurosurgery compared with other surgeries.. They found that procedure indication was strongly associated with PSI development. The neurosurgical population had significantly higher risk-adjusted ratios of most PSIs evaluated compared with other surgical patients. Development of a PSI was strongly associated with increased length of stay and hospital cost.
AHRQ-funded; HS018558.
Citation: Moghavem N, McDonald K, Ratliff JK .
Performance measures in neurosurgical patient care: differing applications of patient safety indicators.
Med Care 2016 Apr;54(4):359-64. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000490.
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Keywords: Quality Indicators (QIs), Surgery, Hospitalization, Outcomes, Quality of Care
Moy E, Coffey RM, Moore BJ
AHRQ Author: Moy E
Length of stay in EDs: variation across classifications of clinical condition and patient discharge disposition.
The researchers used a census of one state's data to measure length of emergency departments stays by patients' conditions and dispositions and exlore differences between means and medians as quality metrics. For the 10 most common diagnoses, patients with relatively minor injuries typically required the shortest mean stay (3 hours or less); conditions resulting in admission or transfer tended to be more serious, resulting in longer stays.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Moy E, Coffey RM, Moore BJ .
Length of stay in EDs: variation across classifications of clinical condition and patient discharge disposition.
Am J Emerg Med 2016 Jan;34(1):83-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.09.031..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Emergency Department, Quality Measures, Hospitalization, Quality of Care
Zhang H, Masoudi FA, Li J
National assessment of early beta-blocker therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction in China, 2001-2011: The China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)-Retrospective AMI study.
The objective of this study was to perform a national quality assessment of early β-blocker use during hospitalization for AMI over the past decade in China. It found that the use of early β-blocker therapy for patients with AMI in China is suboptimal, with underuse in patients who could benefit and substantial use among those who might be harmed.
AHRQ-funded; HS023000.
Citation: Zhang H, Masoudi FA, Li J .
National assessment of early beta-blocker therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction in China, 2001-2011: The China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)-Retrospective AMI study.
Am Heart J 2015 Sep;170(3):506-15.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.05.012..
Keywords: Heart Disease and Health, Hospitalization, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality of Care
Berry JG, Zaslavsky AM, Toomey SL
Recognizing differences in hospital quality performance for pediatric inpatient care.
This study was a retrospective analysis of hospital discharges for children aged 0 to 17 years from 3,974 hospitals in 44 states in the 2009 Kids’ Inpatient Database. It found that most children are admitted to hospitals in which all-condition measures of quality have adequate power to show modest differences in performance from average, but most condition-specific measures do not.
AHRQ-funded; HS020513.
Citation: Berry JG, Zaslavsky AM, Toomey SL .
Recognizing differences in hospital quality performance for pediatric inpatient care.
Pediatrics 2015 Aug;136(2):251-62. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3131..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Children/Adolescents, Hospitalization, Quality of Care
Paddock SM, Adams JL, Hoces de la Guardia F
Better-than-average and worse-than-average hospitals may not significantly differ from average hospitals: an analysis of Medicare Hospital Compare ratings.
The researchers examine the degree to which a consumer might be misled by comparing hospitals based on performance tiers by using 30-day mortality and readmission outcome measures from Medicare Hospital Compare. They found that in the majority of cases, performances for hospitals reported as either top or bottom tier on the Medicare website did not significantly differ from that of mid-tier hospitals.
AHRQ-funded; HS021860
Citation: Paddock SM, Adams JL, Hoces de la Guardia F .
Better-than-average and worse-than-average hospitals may not significantly differ from average hospitals: an analysis of Medicare Hospital Compare ratings.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Feb;24(2):128-34. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003405..
Keywords: Quality of Care, Hospitalization, Medicare
Cooke CR, Iwashyna TJ
Sepsis mandates: improving inpatient care while advancing quality improvement.
In light of improvements in the care of the acutely ill hospitalized patients and changes in the epidemiology of hospital care, the authors recommend new quality mandates focused on sepsis. These mandates should: (1) address the reality that sepsis is frequently underdiagnosed, (2) focus on catalyzing and aggregating local efforts for quality improvements, and (3) plan for a phased implementation, improving measures in select sites prior to national roll-out.
AHRQ-funded; HS020672
Citation: Cooke CR, Iwashyna TJ .
Sepsis mandates: improving inpatient care while advancing quality improvement.
JAMA. 2014 Oct 8;312(14):1397-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.11350..
Keywords: Quality of Care, Hospitalization, Inpatient Care, Critical Care, Sepsis
Edelson DP, Yuen TC, Mancini ME
Hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation practice in the United States: a nationally representative survey.
The authors describe variance in in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) resuscitation care among hospitals. Their survey of 100 hospitals found wide variability among hospitals and practices for resuscitation care in the U.S. with opportunities for improvement, for example, in training.
AHRQ-funded; HS020416
Citation: Edelson DP, Yuen TC, Mancini ME .
Hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation practice in the United States: a nationally representative survey.
J Hosp Med. 2014 Jun;9(6):353-7. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2174..
Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Hospitalization, Quality of Care, Inpatient Care
Blecker S, Agarwal SK, Chang PP
Quality of care for heart failure patients hospitalized for any cause.
This study sought to assess the quality of care for heart failure patients who are hospitalized for all causes. The investigators found that compared with individuals hospitalized with a principal diagnosis of heart failure, heart failure patients hospitalized for other causes were less likely to receive guideline recommended care.
AHRQ-funded; HS023683.
Citation: Blecker S, Agarwal SK, Chang PP .
Quality of care for heart failure patients hospitalized for any cause.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 Jan 21;63(2):123-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1628..
Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Heart Disease and Health, Hospitalization, Quality of Care