Recent national trends in acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations in Medicare: shrinking declines and growing disparities

Authors
Sacks, Naomi C.
Ash, Arlene S.
Ghosh, Kaushik
Rosen, Amy K.
Wong, John B.
Cutler, David M.
Rosen, Allison B.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
Document Type
Letter to the Editor
Publication Date
2015-07-01
Keywords
African Americans
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Healthcare Disparities
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Medicare

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000298
Abstract
We looked at trends in AMI (acute myocardial infarction) hospitalization rates among elderly Medicare beneficiaries over the 10-year period 2002 to 2011, focusing specifically on whether the post-2007 declines are also more modest for blacks than for whites, potentially reflecting a growing gap in care.
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Epidemiology. 2015 Jul;26(4):e46-7. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000298. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1097/EDE.0000000000000298
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30686
PubMed ID
25924109
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