Myocardial infarction care in low and high socioeconomic environments: claims data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, claims data have not been used to study outcome differences between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) patients surviving ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in the Netherlands.

Aim

To evaluate STEMI and NSTEMI care among patients with low and high SES in the referral area of three Dutch percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) centres, using claims data as a source.

Methods

STEMI and NSTEMI patients treated in 2015-2017 were included. Patients' SES scores were collected based on their postal code via an open access government database. In patients with low (SES1) and high (SES4) status, revascularisation strategies and secondary prevention medication were compared.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Hilt AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884367 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature