Association of the affordable care act's medicaid expansion with care quality and outcomes for low-income patients hospitalized with heart failure

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Wadhera, Rishi K ^a,b   Joynt Maddox, Karen E ^c   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d   Zhao, Xin ^e   Heidenreich, Paul A ^g   DeVore, Adam D ^e   Matsouaka, Roland A ^e,f   Hernandez, Adrian F ^e   Yancy, Clyde W ^h   Bhatt, Deepak L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; hospitalizations; insurance; Medicaid; mortality; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDRALAZINE PLUS ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VITAL SIGN; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; REGISTER; TIME FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85055788816     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004729     Document Type: Article

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