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 presentationPrevalence, Awareness, and Treatment of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension: Insights From the China PEACE Million Persons Project
Mahajan S, Zhang D, He S, Lu Y, Gupta A, Spatz ES, Lu J, Huang C, Herrin J, Liu S, Yang J, Wu C, Cui J, Zhang Q, Li X, Nasir K, Zheng X, Krumholz HM, Li J, Dong Z, Jiang B, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Meng Y, Xi Y, Tian Y, Fu Y, Liu T, Yan S, Jin L, Wang J, Xu X, Xing X, Zhang L, Fang X, Xu Y, Xu C, Fan L, Qi M, Qi J, Li J, Liu Q, Feng Y, Wang J, Wen H, Xu J, He J, Jiang C, Yang C, Yu Y, Tashi Z, Hu Z, Zhang J, Li X, Ma S, Ma Y, Huang Y, Zhang Y, Shen J. Prevalence, Awareness, and Treatment of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension: Insights From the China PEACE Million Persons Project. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2019, 8: e012954. PMID: 31566101, PMCID: PMC6806046, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.012954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMillion Persons ProjectPrior cardiovascular eventsBody mass indexAntihypertensive medicationsDiastolic hypertensionCardiovascular eventsDiabetes mellitusMass indexIsolated diastolic hypertensionDiastolic blood pressureSelf-reported diagnosisTreatment of peoplePersons ProjectBlood pressureTreatment patternsHypertensionLeast collegeHigher likelihoodMellitusMedicationsPrevalenceTreatmentDiagnosisSubstantial numberCurrent use