County-level variation in healthcare coverage and ischemic heart disease mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare coverage has been shown to have implications in the prevalence of coronary artery disease. We explore the impact of lack of healthcare coverage on ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in the US.

Methods

We obtained county-level IHD mortality and healthcare coverage data from the CDC databases for a total of 3,119 US counties. The age-adjusted prevalence of current lack of health insurance among individuals aged 18 to 64 years were obtained for the years 2018 and 2019 and were placed into four quartiles. First (Q1) and fourth quartile (Q4) had the least and highest age-adjusted prevalence of adults without health insurance, respectively. IHD mortality rates, adjusted for age through the direct method, were obtained for the same years and compared among

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10817196 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature