Sex and Race Differences in the Utilization and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With over a decade of directed efforts to reduce sex and racial differences in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) utilization, and post-CABG outcomes, we sought to evaluate how the use of CABG and its outcomes have evolved in different sex and racial subgroups.

Methods and results

Using data on all fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries undergoing CABG in the United States from 1999 to 2014, we examined differences by sex and race in calendar-year trends for CABG utilization and post-CABG outcomes (in-hospital, 30-day, and 1-year mortality and 30-day readmission). A total of 1 863 719 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries (33.6% women, 4.6% black) underwent CABG from 1999 to 2014, with a decrease from 611 to 245 CABG procedures per 100 000 person-years. Men c

SUBMITTER: Angraal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064835 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature