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Harlan M. Krumholz

Researcher at Yale University

Publications -  1966
Citations -  177853

Harlan M. Krumholz is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Population. The author has an hindex of 85, co-authored 1826 publications receiving 159216 citations. Previous affiliations of Harlan M. Krumholz include Veterans Health Administration & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Patterns of Secondary Prevention in Older Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting During Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction

TL;DR: Evidence-based discharge therapies are underutilized in older patients who underwent CABG during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, and strategies should be developed to increase the utilization of therapies known to improve long-term mortality in patients undergoing CABGs.
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Risk Factors Associated With Major Cardiovascular Events 1 Year After Acute Myocardial Infarction.

TL;DR: Identification of individuals at the highest risk of long-term cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction may aid in the provision of targeted, intensive, and higher-quality longitudinal care following discharge.
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Use of recommended ambulatory care services: is the Veterans Affairs quality gap narrowing?

TL;DR: Despite increasing emphasis on quality of care and improved performance throughout the US health care system, adults receiving VAMC care remain more likely to receive recommended ambulatory care.
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Physician specialty and mortality among elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure.

TL;DR: For example, this paper found that patients with heart failure had lower 30-day mortality when treated by cardiologists than when they were treated by other physicians, although these differences were modest (RR = 1.07; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.97 to 1.19; P = 0.07) for internists, they were substantial for general physicians and family physicians.
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Variations in health care, patient preferences, and high-quality decision making.

Harlan M. Krumholz
- 10 Jul 2013 - 
TL;DR: Two articles in this issue of JAMA, focused on coronary angiography, reinforce the need to ensure that practice variation is not evidence of care that is not truly patient centered and demonstrate the differences in the rates of coronaryAngiography in the 2 regions with 2 very different payment systems were associated with differences in patient selection.