2018
Favorable Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs Among Cancer Patients: The 2012–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Singh J, Valero‐Elizondo J, Salami JA, Warraich HJ, Ogunmoroti O, Spatz ES, Desai N, Rana JS, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Favorable Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs Among Cancer Patients: The 2012–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e007874. PMID: 29686026, PMCID: PMC6015292, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.007874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseAbsence of ASCVDCancer patientsMedical Expenditure PanelCRF profileRepresentative US adult populationHealthcare expendituresCardiovascular risk profileRisk factor profileBurden of cancerMean annual costAnnual healthcare expendituresMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyUS adult populationLower medical expendituresYears of ageLower healthcare costsCardiovascular managementCardiovascular diseaseHigh prevalenceRepresentative adult sampleUS adultsTwo-part econometric modelHealthcare costsEconomic burden
2016
Favorable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs and Resource Utilization
Valero-Elizondo J, Salami JA, Ogunmoroti O, Osondu CU, Aneni EC, Malik R, Spatz ES, Rana JS, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Veledar E, Nasir K. Favorable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs and Resource Utilization. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2016, 9: 143-153. PMID: 26941417, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.115.002616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyCardiovascular diseaseCRF profileFavorable cardiovascular risk factor profileCardiovascular risk factor profileCause healthcare resource utilizationFavorable cardiovascular risk profileHealthcare expendituresCardiovascular risk profileRisk factor statusHealthcare resource utilizationRisk factor profileBurden of morbidityClinical Modification codesOverall healthcare expendituresFinal study sampleLower medical expendituresLower healthcare costsLower health expendituresHealthcare utilizationCVD statusFactor statusStudy populationInternational ClassificationTwo-part econometric model