February 24, 2024AJPM FocusOpen Access

Association Between Cardiovascular Health Status and Healthcare Utilization in a Large Integrated Healthcare System

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ILIrvin C. LienKaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center HMHoward H. MoffetKaiser Permanente JLJennifer Y. LiuUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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Observational cohort study finds ideal cardiovascular health lowers healthcare utilization across all adult age groups, suggesting lifestyle improvements reduce medical spending.

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Patients with ideal cardiovascular health status show significantly reduced healthcare utilization and lower annual medical costs (p<0.001).
Observational cohort study of 991,698 adults found that 26.2% had ideal, 52.6% intermediate, and 21.2% poor cardiovascular health status.
Promoting ideal cardiovascular disease metrics, such as normal blood pressure and cholesterol, may reduce systemwide healthcare expenditures.

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Lien et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e77c74b6db6435876f0491 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2024.100213

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Observational cohort study finds ideal cardiovascular health lowers healthcare utilization across all adult age groups, suggesting lifestyle improvements reduce medical spending.

Association Between Cardiovascular Health Status and Healthcare Utilization in a Large Integrated Healthcare System

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Association Between Cardiovascular Health Status and Healthcare Utilization in a Large Integrated Healthcare System

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