Impact of medicaid expansion on disparities in revascularization in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Blacks are more likely to live in poverty and be uninsured, and are less likely to undergo revascularization after am acute myocardial infarction compared to whites. The objective of this study was to determine whether Medicaid expansion was associated with a reduction in revascularization disparities in patients admitted with an acute myocardial infarction.

Methods

Retrospective analysis study using data (2010-2018) from hospitals participating in the University Health Systems Consortium, now renamed the Vizient Clinical Database. Comparative interrupted time series analysis was used to compare changes in the use of revascularization therapies (PCI and CABG) in white versus non-Hispanic black patients hospitalized with either ST-segment elevation (STEMI) or non

SUBMITTER: Glance LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7757880 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature