2022
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Financial Barriers Among Overweight and Obese Adults Eligible for Semaglutide in the United States
Lu Y, Liu Y, Krumholz HM. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Financial Barriers Among Overweight and Obese Adults Eligible for Semaglutide in the United States. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e025545. PMID: 36172953, PMCID: PMC9673703, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.025545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow family incomeEligible populationUsual sourceHispanic adultsFinancial barriersEthnic disparitiesNutrition Examination Survey 2015Drug Administration labelingCross-sectional analysisFamily incomePercentage of adultsObese adultsNational HealthUS adultsSemaglutideEligibility criteriaSocial determinantsBlack adultsLarge proportionFinal analysisWeight lossHispanic individualsWhite individualsAdultsRisk reduction
2021
National Trends and Disparities in Hospitalization for Acute Hypertension Among Medicare Beneficiaries (1999–2019)
Lu Y, Wang Y, Spatz ES, Onuma O, Nasir K, Rodriguez F, Watson KE, Krumholz HM. National Trends and Disparities in Hospitalization for Acute Hypertension Among Medicare Beneficiaries (1999–2019). Circulation 2021, 144: 1683-1693. PMID: 34743531, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.121.057056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher hospitalization ratesAcute hypertensionHospitalization ratesMedicare feeService beneficiariesBlack adultsSerial cross-sectional analysisCause readmission rateNational hospitalization ratesPrimary discharge diagnosisAnnual hospitalization rateCause mortality ratesPoisson link functionDual-eligible statusMedicare/MedicaidCross-sectional analysisHypertension controlReadmission ratesDischarge diagnosisDiseases codesMedicare denominatorInpatient filesHypertensionInternational ClassificationMedicare beneficiaries