Articles by Kirsten Hall Long, PhD

Economic and Clinical Impact of Routine Weekend Catheterization Services
ByKirsten Hall Long, PhD,James P. Moriarty, MSc,Jeanine E. Ransom, BA,Ryan J. Lennon, MS,Verghese Mathew, MD,Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD,Gurpreet S. Sandhu, MD, PhD,Charanjit S. Rihal, MD, MBA Weekend cardiac catheterization availability for inpatients reduced length of stay and maintained quality of care (no excess hazard for weekend cases), but costs were similar.

Costs of Venous Thromboembolism Associated With Hospitalization for Medical Illness
ByKevin P. Cohoon, DO, MSc,Cynthia L. Leibson, PhD,Jeanine E. Ransom, BA,Aneel A. Ashrani, MD, MS,Tanya M. Petterson, MS,Kirsten Hall Long, PhD,Kent R. Bailey, PhD,John A. Heit, MD Venous thromboembolism during or after recent hospitalization for medical illness contributes a substantial economic burden to society across all hospital and ambulatory care delivered.

Clinical and Economic Outcomes After Introduction of Drug-Eluting Stents
ByCharanjit S. Rihal, MD, MBA,James L. Ryan, MHA,Mandeep Singh, MBBS,Ryan J. Lennon, MS,John F. Bresnahan, MD,Juliette T. Liesinger, BA,Bernard J. Gersh, MBChB, DPhil,Henry H. Ting, MD, MBA,David R. Holmes Jr, MD,Kirsten Hall Long, PhD Introduction of drug-eluting stents resulted in improved clinical outcomes for patients and reduced overall procedural costs.

Economic and Clinical Outcomes of a Physician-led Continuous Quality Improvement Intervention in the Delivery of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
ByCharanjit S. Rihal, MD, MBA,Celia C. Kamath, PhD,David R. Holmes Jr, MD,M. Katherine Reller, RN,Stephanie S. Anderson, BS,Erin K. McMurtry, MS,Kirsten Hall Long, PhD