Hospital risk-standardized complication rate following implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) (Yale University/CMS) Hospital 30-day risk-standardized readmission rates following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (Yale University/CMS) 30-day post-hospital AMI discharge care transition composite measure (Brandeis University/CMS) 30-day post-hospital heart failure (HF) discharge care transition composite measure (Brandeis University/CMS) Intensive care unit length-of-stay (Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco). This measure is paired with OT1-024-09 Intensive care: In-hospital mortality rate. Intensive care: In-hospital mortality rate (Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco). This measure is paired with OT1-023-09 Intensive care unit length-of-stay. Health-related quality of life in COPD patients before and after pulmonary rehabilitation (American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation) Time-Limited Endorsement Functional capacity in COPD patients before and after pulmonary rehabilitation (American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation) Time-Limited Endorsement

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