Cardiac Rehabilitation Utilization Among Veterans: A Sex-Based Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Veterans are at an increased cardiovascular risk compared to age- and sex-matched non-Veterans. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) can improve outcomes in cardiovascular disease, but its use in men and women Veterans is not well understood.

Objectives

This study aimed to examine CR participation by sex and socioeconomic status among Veterans.

Methods

The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2023, using a national electronic health record database. The primary outcome was participation in at least 1 CR session among patients within 1 year of myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass surgery. Multivariable logistic regression models accounted for patient-level (demographics, m

SUBMITTER: Varghese MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12933818 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature