Background: Socioeconomic disadvantage is a strong determinant of adverse outcomes in
patients with heart failure. However, the contribution of community-level economic distress to …

Importance Thirty-day home time, defined as time spent alive and out of a hospital or facility,
is a novel, patient-centered performance metric that incorporates readmission and mortality …

Background Most patients living with serious illness value spending time at home. Emerging
data suggest that days alive and at home (DAH) may be a useful metric, however more …

Background: Assessing hospital performance for cardiac surgery necessitates consistent
and valid care quality metrics. The association of hospital-level risk-standardized home time …

Importance There is a need to better assess the cumulative effect on morbidity and mortality
in patients undergoing durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. This study …

Importance A composite score for guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for patients
with heart failure (HF) is associated with increased survival. Whether hospital performance …

Background Patient-centric measures of hospital performance for transcatheter aortic valve
replacement (TAVR) are needed. Objectives This study evaluated 30-day, risk-adjusted …

Abstract Background The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) use hospital
readmissions as a performance metric to incentivize hospital care for acute conditions …

Objectives Evaluate the cost of illness associated with the 90-day period following acute
myocardial infarction (AMI) and the implication of care pathway (percutaneous coronary …

Background: Home health use is rising rapidly in the United States as the population ages,
the prevalence of chronic disease increases, and older Americans express their desire to …