Abstract 139: Comparison of Access to Care and Quality of Care in Veterans versus Non-veterans With Cardiovascular Disease
| العنوان: | Abstract 139: Comparison of Access to Care and Quality of Care in Veterans versus Non-veterans With Cardiovascular Disease |
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| المؤلفون: | Puja B. Parikh, Javed Butler, Matthew Lacey, Pallavi Srivastava, A. Laurie Shroyer |
| المصدر: | Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 10 |
| بيانات النشر: | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Prescription drug, Heart disease, business.industry, Health services research, Disease, medicine.disease, Angina, Health care, Emergency medicine, Cohort, Physical therapy, medicine, Myocardial infarction, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business |
| الوصف: | Background: Improved access to care and quality of care can mitigate population level risk of heart disease and improve health outcomes. We sought to compare access to care in veterans versus non-veterans with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the U.S. Methods: The 2013 Centers for Disease Control’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey was utilized to identify a cohort of 57,171 adults with CVD. Presence of CVD was noted with a single affirmative response to the following questions: “Has a health care professional ever told you that you had any of the following:” (1) a heart attack or myocardial infarction, (2) angina or coronary heart disease, (3) a stroke? Demographic data, clinical history and medication use were recorded in these patients. Access to care variables included report of financial barriers to medical care and/or prescription drug costs and report of delay in receiving medical care. Quality of care variables included annual blood cholesterol check, blood sugar testing, flu shot administration, antihypertensive use, and aspirin use. Results: Among 57,171 adults with CVD studied, 13,205 (23.1%) were veterans while 43,966 (76.9%) were non-veterans. Veterans with CVD tended to be older (p Conclusion: Veterans with CVD receive improved access to care and quality of care compared to their non-veteran counterparts. |
| تدمد: | 1941-7705 1941-7713 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/circoutcomes.10.suppl_3.139 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::3ac8f111fd5bb28de6e5d49aecd78018 https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.10.suppl_3.139 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........3ac8f111fd5bb28de6e5d49aecd78018 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19417705 19417713 |
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| DOI: | 10.1161/circoutcomes.10.suppl_3.139 |