Department of Internal Medicine
General Internal Medicine Faculty
Graduate School:
Northwestern University
The University of Iowa
Mary Vaughn Sarrazin, M.A., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Vaughn-Sarrazin's research interests include risk-adjustment models for cardiovascular disease, Certificate of Need regulation and cardiovascular disease, racial disparity in quality of care for hospital services, racial segregation and access to care, hierarchical models for outcomes assessment, hospital efficiency and length of stay, and veterans health care.
Recent Publications
- Popescu I, Werner RM, Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Cram P. Characteristics and outcomes of America's lowest performing hospitals: an analysis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) hospital care in the US. Circulation. 2009; in press.
- Lu X, Hagen TP, Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Cram P. The Impact of Physician-owned Specialty Orthopaedic Hospitals on Surgical Volume and Case Complexity in Competing Hospitals. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2009; in press.
- Abrams TE, Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Rosenthal GE. Psychiatric Comorbidity and Mortality Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2009; in press.