Frequency of Care and Mortality Following an Incident Diagnosis of Peripheral Artery Disease in the Inpatient or Outpatient Setting: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) Study.

ABSTRACT: Available health services data for individuals with peripheral artery disease (PAD) are often from studies of those eligible for or undergoing intervention. Knowledge of the frequency of care and mortality following an initial PAD diagnosis by setting (outpatient versus inpatient) is limited and represents an opportunity to provide new benchmark information. The purpose of this study was to characterize the frequency of care and mortality following an incident PAD diagnosis in the outpatient or inpatient setting using data from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study cohort linked with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fee-for-service claims data (2002-2012). Direct standardization was used to estimate age-standardized rates of encounters and mortality. PAD was define

SUBMITTER: Kalbaugh CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6015432 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature