Barriers to Healthcare Access and Long-Term Survival After an Acute Coronary Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Barriers to healthcare are common in the USA and may result in worse outcomes among hospital survivors of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Objective

To examine the relationship between barriers to healthcare and 2-year mortality after hospital discharge for an ACS.

Design

Longitudinal study.

Setting

Survivors of an ACS hospitalization were recruited from 6 medical centers in central Massachusetts and Georgia in 2011-2013.

Patients

Study participants with a confirmed ACS reported whether they had a financial-related healthcare barrier, no usual source of care, or a transportation-related healthcare barrier around the time of hospital admission.

Interventions

None.

Measurements

Cox regression analyses calculated adjusted hazard ra

SUBMITTER: Erskine NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6108984 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature