Cardiovascular health and healthcare utilization and expenditures among medicare beneficiaries: The reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke (REGARDS) study

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Aaron, Kristal J ^a   Colantonio, Lisandro D ^b   Deng, Luqin ^b   Judd, Suzanne E ^b   Locher, Julie L ^a,b   Safford, Monika M ^a,c   Cushman, Mary ^d   Kilgore, Meredith L ^b   Becker, David J ^b   Muntner, Paul ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Health services research; Life's Simple 7; Medicare; prevention; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016011640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005106     Document Type: Article

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