Robert W Yeh

• Medicare Transitional Care Management Program and Changes in Timely Postdischarge Follow-Up

  Open Access•Timothy S Anderson, Shoshana J Herzig et al.•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2024

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  These findings indicate that Medicare's introduction of payments for TCM services was associated with a persistent increase in the rate of timely postdischarge primary care but did not narrow demographic or socioeconomic disparities. Most beneficiaries did not receive timely primary care follow-up

• Community-Level Factors Associated With Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Covid-19 Rates In Massachusetts

  Jose F Figueroa, Rishi K Wadhera et al.•ARTICLE•Health Affairs•2020

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  Massachusetts has one of the highest cumulative incidence rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the US. Understanding which specific demographic, economic, and occupational factors have contributed to disparities in COVID-19 incidence rates across the state is critical to informing public health strategies. We performed a cross-sectional study of 351 Massachusetts cities and towns from January 1 to May 6, 2020, and found that a 10…

• Variation in Covid-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths Across New York City Boroughs

  Rishi K Wadhera, Priya Wadhera et al.•ARTICLE•JAMA•2020

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  This study describes demographic characteristics and hospital bed capacities of the 5 New York City boroughs, and evaluates whether differences in testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), hospitalizations, and deaths have emerged as a signal of racial, ethnic, and financial disparities.

• Relative Effects of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on Hospitals That Serve Poorer Patients

  Jason H Wasfy, Vijeta Bhambhani et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2019•Referencias: 29

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  IMPORTANCE: Hospitals that serve poorer populations have higher readmission rates. It is unknown whether these hospitals effectively lowered readmission rates in response to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). OBJECTIVE: To compare pre-post differences in readmission rates among hospitals with different proportion of dual-eligible patients both generally and among the most highly penalized (ie, low performing) hospitals. DESIGN: R…

• Trends, Causes, and Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Homeless Individuals

  Rishi K Wadhera, Eunhee Choi et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2019•Referencias: 25

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  OBJECTIVES: In the United States, an estimated 553,000 people are homeless on any given night. Few data provide large-scale, contemporary insight with regard to recent patterns of acute illness in this vulnerable population. We evaluated patterns, causes, and outcomes of acute hospitalization among homeless persons compared with a demographics-standardized and risk-standardized nonhomeless cohort. METHODS: Retrospective study comparing 185,292 ho…

• Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 Update

  Dariush Mozaffarian, Emelia J Benjamin et al.•ARTICLE•Circulation•2016

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  Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update represents a critical resource for the lay pu…

• Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update

  Dariush Mozaffarian, Emelia J Benjamin et al.•ARTICLE•Circulation•2015

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  Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update represents a critical resource for the lay pu…

• Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update

  Dariush Mozaffarian, Emelia J Benjamin et al.•ARTICLE•Circulation•2015

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  Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update represents a critical resource for the lay pu…

• Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 Update

  Dariush Mozaffarian, Emelia J Benjamin et al.•ARTICLE•Circulation•2016

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  Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update represents a critical resource for the lay pu…

• Relative Effects of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on Hospitals That Serve Poorer Patients

  Jason H Wasfy, Vijeta Bhambhani et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2019•Referencias: 29

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  IMPORTANCE: Hospitals that serve poorer populations have higher readmission rates. It is unknown whether these hospitals effectively lowered readmission rates in response to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). OBJECTIVE: To compare pre-post differences in readmission rates among hospitals with different proportion of dual-eligible patients both generally and among the most highly penalized (ie, low performing) hospitals. DESIGN: R…

• Trends, Causes, and Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Homeless Individuals

  Rishi K Wadhera, Eunhee Choi et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2019•Referencias: 25

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  OBJECTIVES: In the United States, an estimated 553,000 people are homeless on any given night. Few data provide large-scale, contemporary insight with regard to recent patterns of acute illness in this vulnerable population. We evaluated patterns, causes, and outcomes of acute hospitalization among homeless persons compared with a demographics-standardized and risk-standardized nonhomeless cohort. METHODS: Retrospective study comparing 185,292 ho…

• Community-Level Factors Associated With Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Covid-19 Rates In Massachusetts

  Jose F Figueroa, Rishi K Wadhera et al.•ARTICLE•Health Affairs•2020

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  Massachusetts has one of the highest cumulative incidence rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the US. Understanding which specific demographic, economic, and occupational factors have contributed to disparities in COVID-19 incidence rates across the state is critical to informing public health strategies. We performed a cross-sectional study of 351 Massachusetts cities and towns from January 1 to May 6, 2020, and found that a 10…

• Variation in Covid-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths Across New York City Boroughs

  Rishi K Wadhera, Priya Wadhera et al.•ARTICLE•JAMA•2020

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  This study describes demographic characteristics and hospital bed capacities of the 5 New York City boroughs, and evaluates whether differences in testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), hospitalizations, and deaths have emerged as a signal of racial, ethnic, and financial disparities.

• Medicare Transitional Care Management Program and Changes in Timely Postdischarge Follow-Up

  Open Access•Timothy S Anderson, Shoshana J Herzig et al.•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2024

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  These findings indicate that Medicare's introduction of payments for TCM services was associated with a persistent increase in the rate of timely postdischarge primary care but did not narrow demographic or socioeconomic disparities. Most beneficiaries did not receive timely primary care follow-up

Medicine (7 obras) · Demography (3 obras) · Disease (3 obras) · Emergency Medicine (3 obras) · Gerontology (3 obras) · Internal Medicine (3 obras) · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (2 obras) · Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (2 obras) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2 obras) · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (2 obras)