Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Inequities in Access to Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion

Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Inequities in Access to Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion

Background Inequitable access to high‐technology therapeutics may perpetuate inequities in care. We examined the characteristics of US hospitals that did and did not establish left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) programs, the patient populations those hospitals served, and the associations betwee...

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Main Authors: Kriyana P. Reddy, Lauren A. Eberly, Rim Halaby, Howard Julien, Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, Elias J. Dayoub, Megan Coylewright, Mohamad Alkhouli, Paul N. Fiorilli, Taisei J. Kobayashi, David M. Goldberg, Pasquale Santangeli, Howard C. Herrmann, Jay Giri, Peter W. Groeneveld, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Ashwin S. Nathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
ethnic groups
fee‐for‐service plans
left atrial appendage occlusion
Medicare
racial groups
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.028032

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