2020
The impact of sex, gender and healthcare system on quality of care among young adults with acute myocardial infarction
Raparelli V, Pilote L, Behlouli H, Dziura J, Bueno H, D'Onofrio G, Krumholz H, Dreyer R. The impact of sex, gender and healthcare system on quality of care among young adults with acute myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 2020, 41: ehaa946.3175. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarctionQuality of careYoung adultsMyocardial infarctionHealthcare systemHigher risk factor burdenRisk factor burdenPost-discharge carePhases of careMultipayer systemImpact of sexSystem-level factorsHospital phaseAMI careCare scoresSingle-payer systemCareWomenCanadian InstituteSexAdultsMenInfarctionHospitalLinear regression models
2018
Sex and Race Differences in the Utilization and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999–2014
Angraal S, Khera R, Wang Y, Lu Y, Jean R, Dreyer RP, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Krumholz HM. Sex and Race Differences in the Utilization and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999–2014. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e009014. PMID: 30005557, PMCID: PMC6064835, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.009014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypassCABG utilizationArtery bypassUse of CABGService Medicare beneficiariesCalendar year trendsCABG mortalityUnderwent CABGReadmission ratesCABG proceduresWhite patientsBlack patientsPatient groupMedicare beneficiariesMedicare feeMortality rateCABGAnnual declineWomenRacial subgroupsRacial differencesGreater declineOutcomesPatientsSex