Trends in Medicare Payments for Beneficiaries With Aortic Stenosis.

ABSTRACT: Background Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common form of valvular heart disease with an increasing prevalence. Management of AS has changed dramatically with the introduction of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (AVR). The shift in management of AS, combined with an aging population, may increase the cost of patients with AS in the US health care system. Methods and Results We performed a retrospective cohort study, using inpatient, carrier, and outpatient data from a 20% Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries' sample from 2008 to 2019 and included beneficiaries, aged ≥65 years. We identified beneficiaries with a diagnosis of AS and stratified the sample into 3 age groups: 66 to 74, 75 to 84, and ≥85 years. We evaluated the crude and adjusted changes in annual Medicare payments (tot

SUBMITTER: van Bakel PAJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9707827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature