Sex and Race/Ethnicity–Related Disparities in Care and Outcomes After Hospitalization for Coronary Artery Disease Among Older Adults
- 1 February 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
- Vol. 9 (2_suppl_1), S36-44
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.115.002621
Abstract
Background—It is unclear to what extent cardiovascular health disparities exist and can be modified among sexes, racial/ethnic groups, and geographic regions in US hospitals. Methods and Results—We conducted a cohort study of 49 358 patients aged 65 years and older, admitted to 366 US hospitals from 2003 to 2009 as part of the Get With The Guidelines—Coronary Artery Disease registry linked with Medicare inpatient data. We examined mortality disparities of sex, race/ethnicity, and geographic region with 3-year mortality. The mediator was defined as receiving optimal quality of care. Logistic regression with generalized estimating equations and mediation analysis were used. Compared with men, women were less likely to receive optimal care (odds ratio=0.92; 95% confidence interval: 0.88–0.95; P<0.0001) and more likely to have higher mortality if they received suboptimal care (odds ratio=1.25; 95% confidence interval: 1.00–1.55; P=0.05, P for interaction=0.04). Approximately 69% of the sex disparity may poten...This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
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