Building on these four definitional aspects of my research, I have used both traditional regression and survival models to analyze the association between system- and patient-level factors and process and outcome measures of health care quality. In the SAFTINet project, I have received two additional grants as a PI to perform observational research on the association between two systems-level interventions—the patient-centered medical home and the Colorado Asthma Toolkit Program—on asthma-related processes and outcomes. In my research on ED crowding, I studied the association between crowding and quality of ED care for children with acute pain from fractures and in children with acute asthma exacerbations. I presented this work at national meetings, published it in peer-reviewed journals, and presented it in the lay press via interviews and press releases. I have also used my experience operationalizing asthma-related process and outcome measures to help guide the asthma quality improvement goals for the Children’s Hospital’s Asthma Quality Improvement Committee.
In my research on ED crowding, I have used both traditional regression and survival models to analyze the association between crowding and process and outcome measures of health care quality.
- Sills MR, Ginde AA, Clark S, Camargo CA. Quality Indicators for Children Treated in the Emergency Department for Acute Asthma: A Multicenter Analysis. 2012 Feb;129(2):e325-32. Available at http://dy3uq8jh2v.search.serialssolutions.com/?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:22250025
- Emergency department crowding is associated with decreased quality of care for children with acute asthma. http://dy3uq8jh2v.search.serialssolutions.com/?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:21035903
- Emergency Department Crowding is Associated with Decreased Quality of Analgesia Delivery for Children with Pain Related to Acute, Isolated Long-bone Fractures. http://dy3uq8jh2v.search.serialssolutions.com/?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:22168199