2015
Insurance and Prehospital Delay in Patients ≤55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Chen SI, Wang Y, Dreyer R, Strait KM, Spatz ES, Xu X, Smolderen KG, Desai NR, Lorenze NP, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, D'Onofrio G, Bueno H, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Insurance and Prehospital Delay in Patients ≤55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 1827-1832. PMID: 26541907, PMCID: PMC5323057, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPrehospital delayInsurance statusMyocardial infarctionSpanish patientsGender differencesHealth care systemUS patientsProspective studyUS cohortUS womenPatientsUniversal insuranceCare systemWomenSignificant gender differencesInfarctionMenInsurance groupsHoursStatusAssociationLarge proportionDifferencesCohort
2005
Quality of Care and Outcomes of Older Patients With Heart Failure Hospitalized in the United States and Canada
Ko DT, Tu JV, Masoudi FA, Wang Y, Havranek EP, Rathore SS, Newman AM, Donovan LR, Lee DS, Foody JM, Krumholz HM. Quality of Care and Outcomes of Older Patients With Heart Failure Hospitalized in the United States and Canada. JAMA Internal Medicine 2005, 165: 2486-2492. PMID: 16314545, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.21.2486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureProcess of careRisk-standardized mortalityQuality of careUS patientsMortality rateEnzyme inhibitorsLower crude mortality rateLower short-term mortalityAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorRisk-standardized mortality ratesVentricular ejection fraction assessmentOutcomes of patientsShort-term mortalityUS Medicare beneficiariesIndividuals 65 yearsCrude mortality rateEjection fraction assessmentLow-risk characteristicsHealth care expendituresOlder patientsCanadian patientsCommon causeMedicare beneficiariesPatients