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Karen E. Joynt Maddox

Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis

Publications -  189
Citations -  4143

Karen E. Joynt Maddox is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Medicaid. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 129 publications receiving 2110 citations. Previous affiliations of Karen E. Joynt Maddox include Harvard University & Saint Louis University.

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Variation in COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths Across New York City Boroughs.

TL;DR: 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.
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Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia.

TL;DR: Among Medicare beneficiaries, the HRRP was significantly associated with an increase in 30-day postdischarge mortality after hospitalization for HF and pneumonia, but not for AMI.
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Two-year evaluation of mandatory bundled payments for joint replacement

TL;DR: There was a modest reduction in spending per hip‐ or knee‐replacement episode, without an increase in rates of complications, in the first 2 years of bundled payments in the CJR program.
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Adjusting for social risk factors impacts performance and penalties in the hospital readmissions reduction program

TL;DR: Accounting for social risk factors can have a major financial impact on safety-net hospitals, and adjustment for these factors could reduce negative unintended consequences of the HRRP.
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Call to Action: Rural Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.

TL;DR: This presidential advisory serves as a call to action for the American Heart Association and other stakeholders to make rural populations a priority in programming, research, and policy and proposes a set of solutions spanning health system innovation, policy, and research aimed at improving rural health.