Characterizing Cardiac Catheterization Utilization in a US Population with Commercial or Medicare Advantage Health Plans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health plans and health systems need to understand the demand for common healthcare services to ensure adequate access to care. Utilization of cardiac catheterization is of particular interest, because it is relatively common and has the potential for variation across subpopulations, similar to the level of geographical variation in heart disease in the United States.

Objectives

To illustrate how the utilization of cardiac catheterization has changed over time in a US population with commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans, and how it differs between subpopulations.

Methods

Cardiac catheterization claims data from 2012 to 2018 were extracted from the database of a national healthcare organization offering commercial and Medicare Advantage health plan

SUBMITTER: Powell AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8845524 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature