Favorable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated with Lower Healthcare Costs and Resource Utilization: The 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 143-153

  Valero Elizondo, Javier ^a   Salami, Joseph A ^a   Ogunmoroti, Oluseye ^a,c   Osondu, Chukwuemeka U ^a,c   Aneni, Ehimen C ^a,c,e   Malik, Rehan ^a   Spatz, Erica S ^f   Rana, Jamal S ^g,h,i   Virani, Salim S ^j   Blankstein, Ron ^k   Blaha, Michael J ^l   Veledar, Emir ^a,c,m   Nasir, Khurram ^a,b,c,d,l  

^a MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^h DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; health expenditures; health resources; preventive medicine; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962555671     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.115.002616     Document Type: Article

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