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
2016
Economic Impact of Moderate‐Vigorous Physical Activity Among Those With and Without Established Cardiovascular Disease: 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Valero‐Elizondo J, Salami JA, Osondu CU, Ogunmoroti O, Arrieta A, Spatz ES, Younus A, Rana JS, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Veledar E, Nasir K. Economic Impact of Moderate‐Vigorous Physical Activity Among Those With and Without Established Cardiovascular Disease: 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e003614. PMID: 27604455, PMCID: PMC5079024, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.003614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedArrhythmias, CardiacCardiovascular DiseasesCase-Control StudiesCoronary Artery DiseaseDiabetes MellitusExerciseFemaleHealth ExpendituresHealth ServicesHeart FailureHumansHypercholesterolemiaHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedObesityPeripheral Arterial DiseaseRetrospective StudiesSmokingStrokeUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsModerate-vigorous physical activityDays/weekPhysical activityHealth care expendituresTotal annual health care expendituresLower health care expendituresAnnual health care expendituresCare expendituresLower health care spendingModifiable risk factorsCardiovascular disease outcomesMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyFinal study sampleYears of ageQuality of lifeMedical Expenditure PanelLink logCVD statusHealth care spendingRisk factorsDisease outcomeStudy populationUS adultsRepresentative cohortTwo-part econometric model