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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedMahtta D, Ahmed ST, Shah NR
Facility-level variation in cardiac stress test use among patients with diabetes: findings from the Veterans Affairs national database.
The authors evaluate facility-level variation in cardiac stress test use among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) across the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. Their results suggest that significant residual variation in overall stress test use exists among veterans with DM. They recommend future studies to assess system-wide appropriateness of stress testing, to assess patient-level symptom data, and to conduct qualitative analyses in order to understand individual provider-level drivers behind such variation.
AHRQ-funded; HS022998.
Citation: Mahtta D, Ahmed ST, Shah NR .
Facility-level variation in cardiac stress test use among patients with diabetes: findings from the Veterans Affairs national database.
Diabetes Care 2020 May;43(5):e58-e60. doi: 10.2337/dc19-2160..
Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Heart Disease and Health, Diabetes, Shared Decision Making, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Chronic Conditions
Shah NR, Ahmed ST, Winchester DE
Facility-level variation in stress test utilization in veterans with ischemic heart disease.
The aim of this study was to quantify variation in cardiac stress test utilization across the Veterans Health Administration (VA) in patients with established ischemic heart disease (IHD). The investigators used VA datasets to identify adults with IHD (myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, and/or coronary artery bypass grafting) with a primary care clinic visit at the VA in fiscal year 2014.
AHRQ-funded; HS022998.
Citation: Shah NR, Ahmed ST, Winchester DE .
Facility-level variation in stress test utilization in veterans with ischemic heart disease.
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2019 Jul;12(7 Pt 1):1292-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.02.020..
Keywords: Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Healthcare Utilization, Practice Patterns, Imaging