2012

Pinto DS, Ogbonnaya A, Sherman SA, Tung P, Normand S-L. Bivalirudin therapy is associated with improved clinical and economic outcomes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: results from an observational database. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2012; 5(1):52-61.

Chen J, Ross JS, Carlson MD, Lin Z, Normand S-L, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Ling SM, Han LF, Rapp MT, Krumholz HM. Skilled nursing facility referral and hospital readmission rates after heart failure or myocardial infarction. Am J Med. 2012; 125(1):100.e1-9.

Shahian DM, Iezzoni LI, Meyer GS, Kirle L, Normand S-LT. Hospital-wide mortality as a quality metric: conceptual and methodological considerations. American Journal of Medical Quality 2012; 27(2):112-23.

Drye E, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Ross JS, Schreiner GC, Han L, Rapp M, Krumholz HM. Comparison of hospital-risk-standardized mortality rates using in-hospital and 30-day models: implications for hospital profiling. Annals of Internal Medicine 2012; 156:19-26.

Fullerton CA, Epstein AM, Frank RG, Normand S-L, Fu CX, McGuire TG. Medication use and spending trends among children with ADHD in Florida's Medicaid program, 1996-2005. Psychiatric Services 2012; 63(2):115-21.

Busch AB, Neelon B, Zelevinsky K, He Y, Normand S-LT. Accurately predicting bipolar mood outcomes – implications for the use of electronic databases. Medical Care 2012; 50(4):311-9.

Goldman HH, Barry CL, Normand S-LT, Azzone V, Busch AB, Huskamp HA. Economic grand rounds: the price is right? Changes in the quantity of services used and prices paid in response to parity. Psychiatric Services 2012; 63(2):107-9.

Yeh RW, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Barr CD, Dominici F. Geographical disparities in the incidence and outcomes of hospitalized myocardial infarction: does a rising tide lift all boats? Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2012; 5(2):197-204. PMC3310945.

Hu S, Zheng Z, Yuan X, Wang Y, Normand S-LT, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Contemporary heart surgery center performance in China. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Research 2012; 5(2):214-21. PMC3509783

Shahian DM, Nordberg P, Meyer GS, Blanchfield BB, Mort DF, Normand S-LT. Contemporary performance of US teaching hospitals. Academic Medicine 2012; 87(6):701-8.

Stamou SC. Robich M, Wolf RE, Lovett A, Normand S-LT, Selke FW. Effects of gender and ethnicity on outcomes after aortic valve replacement. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012,144(2):486-492.

Bhaumik DK, Amatya A, Normand S-LT, Greenhouse J, Kaizar E, Neelon B, Gibbons RD. Meta-analysis of rare binary adverse event data. Journal of the American Statistical Association 2012; 107(498):555-567. PMC3665366

Amin AP, Spertus JA, Cohen DJ, Chhatriwalla A, Kennedy KF, Vilain K, Salisbury AC, Venkitachalam L, Lai SM, Mauri L, Normand SL, Rumsfeld JS, Messenger JC, Yeh RW. Use of drug-eluting stents as a function of predicted benefit: clinical and economic implications of current practice. Arch Intern Med. 2012; 172(15):1145-52.

Kulkarni VT, Shah SJ, Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Normand S-LT, Han LF, Rapp MT, Krumholz HM. Regional associations between Medicare Advantage penetration and administrative claims-based measures of hospital outcomes. Medical Care 2012; 50(5):406-409.

Vidi VD, Matheny ME, Govindarajulu US, Normand S-LT, Robbins SL, Agarwal VV, Bangalore S, Resnic FS. Vascular closure device failure in contemporary practice. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2012; 5(8):837-44. PMC3427601.

Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Lin ZQ, Drye EE, Chen J, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. Based on key measures, care quality for Medicare enrollees at safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals was almost equal. Health Affairs 2012; 31(8):1739-1748. PMC3527010

Partovian C, Gleim S, Mody PS, Li SX, Wang H, Strait KM, Allen LA, Lagu TC, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. Hospital patterns of use of positive inotropic agents in patients with heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012; 60(15):1402-1409.

Venkatesan DV, Matheny ME, Govindarajulu US, Normand S-LT, Robbins SL, Agarwal VV, Bangalore S, Resnic FS. Vascular Closure Devices in Contemporary Practice. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions 2012; 5(8):837-844.

Yeh RW, Rosenfield K, Zelevinsky K, Mauri L, Sakhuja R, Shivapour D, Lovett A, Weiner B, Jacobs AK, Normand S-LT. Sources of hospital variation in short term readmission rates after percutaneous coronary intervention. Circulation Interventions 2012; 5(2):227-236.

Normand SL. Registry studies for improving the quality of cardiovascular care: the role of variance components. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012; 5(5):e42-3.

Horvitz-Lennon M, Alegria M, Normand S-LT. The effect of race-ethnicity and geography on adoption of innovations in the treatment of schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services 2012; 63(12):1171-1177. PMC3666934

Marinac-Dabic D, Normand S-LT, Sedrakyan A, Gross T. Epidemiologic studies of medical devices: Methodologic considerations for implantable device. In: Pharmacoepidemiology. 5 ed. Strom BL, Kimmel SE, Hennessy S, editors. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell; 2012. Chapter 27, pp.469-486.