Why the study?
Does higher income inequality increase the risk of 30-day mortality and readmission in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia?
Population
Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older, hospitalized in 2006-08 with a principal diagnosis of acute…
Comparison
Exposure to higher levels of income inequality vs Exposure to lower levels of income inequality
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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Should not yet change practice; leaves open whether income inequality causally influences readmission risk after AMI, HF, or pneumonia.
Does higher income inequality increase the risk of 30-day mortality and readmission in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia?
Higher state-level income inequality is associated with an increased risk of 30-day readmission, but not mortality, among older adults hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia.
Lindenauer et al. (2013) studied this question.
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