2023
Lifetime healthcare expenses across demographic and cardiovascular risk groups: The application of a novel modeling strategy in a large multiethnic cohort study
Khera R, Kondamudi N, Liu M, Ayers C, Spatz E, Rao S, Essien U, Powell-Wiley T, Nasir K, Das S, Capers Q, Pandey A. Lifetime healthcare expenses across demographic and cardiovascular risk groups: The application of a novel modeling strategy in a large multiethnic cohort study. American Journal Of Preventive Cardiology 2023, 14: 100493. PMID: 37397263, PMCID: PMC10314135, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2023.100493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverweight/obesityRisk factorsRace/ethnicityHealthcare expensesCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular risk groupsNon-black individualsMultiethnic Cohort StudySignificant independent associationYears of ageBlack individualsDallas Heart StudyCohort studyCohort enrollmentOutpatient claimsIndependent associationRisk groupsHigh prevalenceHeart StudyOlder ageHealthcare spendingHypertensionObesitySmokingDiabetes
2017
Association Between Modifiable Risk Factors and Pharmaceutical Expenditures Among Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States: 2012–2013 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey
Salami JA, Valero‐Elizondo J, Ogunmoroti O, Spatz ES, Rana JS, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Younus A, Arrieta A, Blaha MJ, Veledar E, Nasir K. Association Between Modifiable Risk Factors and Pharmaceutical Expenditures Among Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States: 2012–2013 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2017, 6: e004996. PMID: 28600400, PMCID: PMC5669151, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.004996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModifiable risk factorsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular diseaseRisk factorsPharmaceutical expenditureMedication-related expendituresSignificant marginal increaseSurvey's complex designInadequate physical activityMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyMedical Expenditure PanelHigher healthcare spendingASCVD patientsDiabetes mellitusMost deathsPhysical activityTotal pharmaceutical expenditureAdjusted relationshipMedicationsDiseaseHealthcare spendingMellitusPatientsAssociationAdults