2019
Financial barriers in accessing medical care for peripheral artery disease are associated with delay of presentation and adverse health status outcomes in the United States
Jelani QU, Jhamnani S, Spatz ES, Spertus J, Smolderen KG, Wang J, Desai NR, Jones P, Gosch K, Shah S, Attaran R, Mena-Hurtado C. Financial barriers in accessing medical care for peripheral artery disease are associated with delay of presentation and adverse health status outcomes in the United States. Vascular Medicine 2019, 25: 13-24. PMID: 31603393, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x19872542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleHealth Care CostsHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHumansInsurance, HealthMaleMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPeripheral Arterial DiseaseProspective StudiesQuality of LifeRisk FactorsTime FactorsTime-to-TreatmentUnited StatesConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePeripheral Artery QuestionnaireHealth status outcomesHealth statusArtery diseaseStatus outcomesFinancial barriersGeneral health-related qualityDisease-specific health statusPatient-reported health statusDelay of presentationPatient-reported difficultyVascular specialty clinicsPeripheral arterial diseaseEuroQol-5 DimensionsHealth-related qualityPoor health statusUnited States patientsMulticenter registryMultivariable adjustmentPAD symptomsArterial diseaseTreatment patternsUS patientsLate presentation
2011
Two-year Vascular Hospitalisation Rates and Associated Costs in Patients at Risk of Atherothrombosis in France and Germany: Highest Burden for Peripheral Arterial Disease
Smolderen KG, Wang K, de Pouvourville G, Brüggenjürgen B, Röther J, Zeymer U, Parhofer KG, Steg PG, Bhatt DL, Magnuson EA, Investigators R. Two-year Vascular Hospitalisation Rates and Associated Costs in Patients at Risk of Atherothrombosis in France and Germany: Highest Burden for Peripheral Arterial Disease. European Journal Of Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2011, 43: 198-207. PMID: 22001145, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral arterial diseaseCoronary artery diseaseHospitalisation ratesCerebrovascular diseaseArterial diseaseMultiple risk factorsRisk of atherothrombosisMRF groupPAD subgroupsREACH RegistryCardiovascular eventsPeripheral revascularizationArtery diseaseHospitalisation costsAtherothrombotic diseasePeripheral proceduresRisk factorsRisk groupsHigh burdenEconomic burdenPatientsDiseaseAtherothrombosisEvaluated groupAssociated costs