BACKGROUND Risk-standardized all-cause 30-day readmission rates (RSRRs) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have been endorsed as a national measure of hospital quality. Little is known about variation in the performance of hospitals on this measure, and whether high hospital rates of readmission after PCI are due to modifiable deficiencies in quality of care has not been assessed. ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the perceptions of patients with stable coronary artery disease of the urgency and benefits of elective percutaneous coronary intervention and to examine how they vary across centers and by providers. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING 10 US academic and community hospitals performing percutaneous coronary interventions between 2009 and 2011. PARTICIPANTS 991 patie...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether revascularisation that is considered to be clinically appropriate is also cost effective. DESIGN Prospective observational study comparing cost effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous coronary intervention, or medical management within groups of patients rated as appropriate for revascularisation. SETTING Three tertiary care centres in Lond...