Geographic Disparities in the Incidence and Outcomes of Hospitalized Myocardial Infarction
Population
Medicare fee-for-service patients in all US Census Divisions between 2000-2008 (292,773,151 patient-years)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2000-2008
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Widening MI incidence disparities despite national declines warrant monitoring; leaves open drivers of geographic variation and targeted prevention needs.
Structured PICO
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Population
Medicare fee-for-service patients in all US Census Divisions between 2000-2008 (292,773,151 patient-years)
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Outcome
Trends in incidence rates of myocardial infarction (MI), associated procedures, and mortalityhard clinical
While MI incidence and mortality declined nationally among Medicare beneficiaries from 2000-2008, geographic disparities in MI incidence widened despite narrowing disparities in mortality.
Cite This Study
Yeh et al. (2012) studied this question.