Twenty-Year Trends in Outcomes for Older Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medicare and other organizations have focused on improving quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) over the last 2 decades. However, there is no comprehensive perspective on the evolution of outcomes for AMI during that period, and it is unknown whether temporal changes varied by patient subgroup, hospital, or county.

Objective

To provide a comprehensive evaluation of national trends in inpatient outcomes and costs of AMI during this period.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included analysis of data from a sample of 4 367 485 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 years or older from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 2014, across 5680 hospitals in the United States. Analyses were conducted from Janu

SUBMITTER: Krumholz HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484647 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature