Open AccessRecent Declines in Hospitalizations for Acute Myocardial Infarction for Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries
Author(s) -
Jersey Chen,
SharonLise T. Normand,
Yun Wang,
Elizabeth E. Drye,
Geoffrey C. Schreiner,
Harlan M. Krumholz
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.862094
Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , demography , poisson regression , myocardial infarction , beneficiary , population , fee for service , gerontology , emergency medicine , environmental health , finance , health care , sociology , economics , economic growth
Amid recent efforts to reduce cardiovascular risk, whether rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the United States have declined for elderly patients is unknown.
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