# 2010 Ross JS, Chen J, Qiu Lin Z, Bueno H, Curtis JP, Keenan PS, **Normand S-LT,** Schreiner G, Spertus J, Vidan MT, Wang YF, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Recent national trends in readmission rates after heart failure hospitalization. Circulation: Heart Failure, 2010; 3:97-1.03. PMC2830811 Shahian DM, O’Brien SM, **Normand S-LT**, Peterson ED, Edwards FH. Association of hospital coronary artery bypass volume with processes of care, mortality, morbidity, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite quality score. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2010; 139: 273-282. Chen J, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Rathore SS, Ross JS, **Normand S-LT**, Schreiner G, Mulvey G, Nallamothu BK. Differences in patient survival after acute myocardial infarction by hospital capability of performing percutaneous coronary intervention: implications for regionalization. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2010; 170(5):433-439. Ross JS, **Normand S-LT**, Wang Y, Ko DT, Chen J, Drye EE, Keenan PS, Lichtman JH, Bueno H, Schreiner GC, Krumholz, HM. Hospital volume and 30-day mortality for three common medical admissions. New England Journal of Medicine, 2010; 362: 1110-1118. PMC2880468 Chen J, **Normand S-LT**, Wang Y, Drye EE, Schreiner GC, Krumholz HM. Recent declines in hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction for fee-for-service beneficiaries: progress and continuing challenges. Circulation, 2010; 121:1322-1328. Hummel SL, Pauli NP, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, **Normand S-LT**, Nallamothu BK. Thirty-day outcomes in Medicare patients with heart failure at heart transplant centers. Circulation Heart Failure, 2010; 3:244-252. Nasir K, Lin Z, Bueno H**, Normand S-LT**, Drye EE, Keenan PS, Krumholz HM. Is same-hospital readmission rate a good surrogate for all-hospital readmission rate? Medical Care, 2010; 48(5):477-481. Sedrakyan A, Marinac-Dabic D, **Normand S-LT**, Mushlin A, Gross T. A framework for evidence evaluation and methodological issues in implantable device studies. Medical Care, 2010; 48:S121-S128. **Normand S-LT**, Marinac-Dabic D, Sedrakyan A, Kaczmarek R. Rethinking analytical strategies for surveillance of medical devices: the case of hip arthroplasty. Medical Care; 2010; 48:S58-S67. Bueno H, Ross JS, Wang Y, Chen J, Vidan W, **Normand S-LT**, Curtis JP, Drye EE, Lichtman J, Keenan PS, Kosiborod M, Krumholtz HM. Trends in length of stay and short-term outcomes among Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure, 1993-2006. Journal of the American Hospital Association 2010; 303(21):2141-2147. PMC3020983. Ross JS, Maynard C, Krumholz HM, Sun H, Rumsfeld JS, **Normand S-LT**, Wang Y, Fihn SD. Use of administrative claims models to assess 30-day mortality among veterans’ health administration hospitals. Medical Care 2010; 48:652-658. PMC3020977. Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin A, Wang Y, Wang Y, Savage SV, Bhat KR, Ross JS, Desai MM, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, **Normand S-LT**, Krumholz HM. National patterns of risk-standardized mortality and readmission for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure: Update on publicly reported outcomes measures based on the 2010 release. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2010; 3:459-467. PMC3027304. Concannon TW, Kent DM, **Normand S-LT**, Newhouse JP, Griffith JL, Cohen J, Beshansky JR, Wong JB, Aversano T, Selker HP. Comparative effectiveness of ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction regionalization strategies. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2010; 3(5):506-513. PMC2967250. Meyer RE, Salzman C, Youngstrom EA, Clayton PJ, Mann JJ, Goodwin FK, Alphs LD Broich K, Goodman WK, Greden JF, Meltzer HY, **Normand S-LT** Posner K, Shaffer D, Trivedi M, Turecki G, Beasley Jr. CM, Beautrais AL, Bridge JA, Brown GK, Oquendo MA, Revicki D, Ryan N, Sheehan DV, Stanley B. Suicidality and risk of suicide: Definition, drug safety concerns and a necessary target for drug development: a consensus statement. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2010; 71(8):1040-1046. Lidenauer PK, Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MR, Drye EE, **Normand S-LT**, Krumholz HM. The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates for Medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010; 5(6):E12-E18. Bradley EH, Herrin J, Curry L, Cherlin EJ, Wang Y, Webster TR, Drye EE, **Normand S-LT**, Krumholz HM. Variation in hospital mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010; 106:1108-1112. Neelon B, O’Malley AJ, **Normand S-LT.** A Bayesian model for repeated measures zero-inflated count data with application to outpatient psychiatric service use. Statistical Modeling 2010; 10:421-439. PMC3039917. Resnic FS, Gross TP, Marinac-Dabic D, Loyo-Berrios N, Donnelly S, **Normand S-LT**, Matheny ME. Automated surveillance to detect postprocedure safety signals of approved cardiovascular devices. Journal of the American Medical Association 2010; 304(18):2019-2027. Mauri L, Kereiakes DJ, **Normand S-LT**, Wiviott SD, Cohen DJ, Holmes DR, Bangalore S, Cutlip DE, Pencina M, Massaro JM. Rationale and design of the dual antiplatelet therapy study, a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial to assess the effectiveness and safety of 12 versus 30 months of dual antiplatelet therapy in subjects undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with either drug-eluting stent or bare metal stent placement for the treatment of coronary artery lesions. American Heart Journal 2010; 160:1035-1041. Shahian DM, Wolf RE, Iezzoni LI, Kirle L, **Normand S-LT**. Variability in the measurement of hospital-wide mortality rates. New England Journal of Medicine 2010; 363:2530-9. Holmboe ES, Weng W, Arnold G, Kaplan SH, **Normand S-LT**, Greenfield S, Hood S, Lipner R. The comprehensive care project: measuring physician performance in ambulatory practice. Health Services Research 2010; 45(6):1912-1933. He Y, Wolf RE, **Normand S-LT**. Assessing geographical variations in hospital processes of care using multilevel item response theory models. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2010; 10:111-133. Spertus JA, Bonow RO, Chan P, Diamond GA, Drozda JP, Kaul S, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA, **Normand S-LT**, Peterson ED, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS, Writing Committee Members. "ACCF/AHA New Insights Into the Methodology of Performance Measurement: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures." Circulation 2010; 122(20): 2091-2106.