Association of Insurance Status With Emergent Versus Nonemergent Hospital Encounters Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT: Background Although the number of hospital visits has exponentially increased for adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) over the past few decades, the relationship between insurance status and hospital encounter type remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between insurance status and emergent versus nonemergent encounters among adults with CHD ≥18 years old. Methods and Results We used California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Database from January 2005 to December 2015 to determine the trends of insurance status and encounters and the association of insurance status on encounter type among adults with CHD. A total 58 359 nonpregnancy encounters were identified in 6077 patients with CHD. From 2005 to 2015, the number of uninsure

SUBMITTER: Agarwal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8649130 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature