Y D Mackiernan
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Iezzoni L, Mackiernan Y, Cahalane M, Phillips R, Davis R, Miller K
Med Care
. 1999 Apr;
37(4):384-98.
PMID: 10213019
Background: Decreasing hospital lengths of stay (LOS) hamper efforts to detect and to definitively treat complications of care. Patients leave before some complications are identified. Objectives: To develop a computerized...
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Iezzoni L, Ash A, Shwartz M, Landon B, Mackiernan Y
Med Care
. 1998 Feb;
36(1):28-39.
PMID: 9431329
Objectives: Severity-adjusted death rates for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery by provider are published throughout the country. Whether five severity measures rated severity differently for identical patients was examined...
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Iezzoni L, Ash A, Shwartz M, Mackiernan Y
Med Care
. 1997 Feb;
35(2):158-71.
PMID: 9017953
Objectives: According to some studies, women with heart disease receive fewer procedures and have higher in-hospital death rates than men. These studies vary by data source (hospital discharge abstract versus...
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Iezzoni L, Shwartz M, Ash A, Mackiernan Y
Med Decis Making
. 1996 Oct;
16(4):348-56.
PMID: 8912296
Objective: To see whether severity-adjusted predictions of likelihoods of in-hospital death for stroke patients differed among severity measures. Methods: The study sample was 9,407 stroke patients from 94 hospitals, with...
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Shwartz M, Iezzoni L, Ash A, Mackiernan Y
Health Serv Res
. 1996 Oct;
31(4):365-85.
PMID: 8885854
Objective: To examine whether judgments about hospital length of stay (LOS) vary depending on the measure used to adjust for severity differences. Data Sources/study Setting: Data on admissions to 80...
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Iezzoni L, Ash A, Shwartz M, Daley J, HUGHES J, Mackiernan Y
Am J Public Health
. 1996 Oct;
86(10):1379-87.
PMID: 8876505
Objectives: This research examined whether judgments about a hospital's risk-adjusted mortality performance are affected by the severity-adjustment method. Methods: Data came from 100 acute care hospitals nationwide and 11880 adults...
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Iezzoni L, Shwartz M, Ash A, Mackiernan Y
J Health Serv Res Policy
. 1996 Mar;
1(2):65-76.
PMID: 10180852
Objectives: In the USA, the role of patient severity in determining hospital resource use has been questioned since Medicare adopted prospective hospital payment based on diagnosis-related groups (DRGs). Exactly how...
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Iezzoni L, Shwartz M, Ash A, Mackiernan Y
J Gen Intern Med
. 1996 Jan;
11(1):23-31.
PMID: 8691283
Objective: To see whether predictions of patients, likelihood of dying in-hospital differed among severity methods. Design: Retrospective cohort. Patients: 18,016 persons 18 years of age and older managed medically for...
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Landon B, Iezzoni L, Ash A, Shwartz M, Daley J, HUGHES J, et al.
Inquiry
. 1996 Jan;
33(2):155-66.
PMID: 8675279
In many health care marketplaces, outcomes assessment is central to monitoring quality while controlling costs. Comparing outcomes across providers generally requires adjustment for patient severity. For mortality rates and other...
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Iezzoni L, Shwartz M, Ash A, HUGHES J, Daley J, Mackiernan Y
Med Care
. 1996 Jan;
34(1):11-28.
PMID: 8551809
Payers and policymakers are increasingly examining hospital mortality rates as indicators of hospital quality. To be meaningful, these death rates must be adjusted for patient severity. This research examined whether...