#  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.