Impact of Community Wealth on Use of Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy With Defibrillators for Heart Failure Patients
Farmer S, Tuohy E, Small D, Wang Y, Groeneveld P. Impact of Community Wealth on Use of Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy With Defibrillators for Heart Failure Patients. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2012, 5: 798-807. PMID: 23093561, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.112.965509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiac Resynchronization TherapyCardiac Resynchronization Therapy DevicesChi-Square DistributionCommunity Health ServicesDefibrillators, ImplantableEconomics, HospitalElectric CountershockFemaleHealth Care CostsHealth Services AccessibilityHealthcare DisparitiesHeart FailureHumansIncomeLinear ModelsLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioRegistriesResidence CharacteristicsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsCardiac resynchronization therapyHospital resourcesNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryHeart failure patientsHeart failure therapyPatient-level variablesMajor health policy concernFailure patientsFailure therapyInsurance statusHospital characteristicsPatient stayCardiovascular disease treatmentHealth policy concernData registryPatientsPatient volumeMedian household incomeHealth policyTherapyInsurance coverageSignificant predictorsDisease treatmentHospital ownershipAverage median household income