Epidemiology of geographic disparities in heart failure among US older adults: a Medicare-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are prominent geographic disparities in the life expectancy (LE) of older US adults between the states with the highest (leading states) and lowest (lagging states) LE and their causes remain poorly understood. Heart failure (HF) has been proposed as a major contributor to these disparities. This study aims to investigate geographic disparities in HF outcomes between the leading and lagging states.

Methods

The study was a secondary data analysis of HF outcomes in older US adults aged 65+, using Center for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database and a nationally representative 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries over 2000-2017. Empiric estimates of death certificate-based mortality fro

SUBMITTER: Yu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9248157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature