Background Racially and ethnically minoritized groups, people with lower income, and rural
communities have worse access to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than their …

Background: Patients living in disadvantaged neighborhoods are at high risk for adverse
outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (MI). Whether residential socioeconomic status …

Importance Cardiac care regionalization, specifically for patients with ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI), has been touted as a potential mechanism to reduce …

Background US policy efforts have focused on reducing rural-urban health inequities.
However, it is unclear whether gaps in care and outcomes remain among older adults with …

Objectives Explore (1) the characteristics of the Maine population with delayed geographic
access to interventional cardiology (IC) services and (2) the effect of delayed geographic IC …

Background—Racial disparities in acute myocardial infarction treatment may be due to
differences in admitting hospitals. Little is known about factors associated with hospital …

Background Metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan status and area median income may
independently affect care for and outcomes of acute coronary syndromes. We sought to …

Despite advances that have led to improvements in cardiovascular outcomes, these
improvements have not been realized equitably across racial/ethnic groups (1). Black …

Objective To determine the effect of heart attack patients' access to intensive treatment on
mortality and costs. Data Sources Administrative data of 4,920 patients with acute …

Background Socioeconomic status (SES) as reflected by residential zip code status may
detrimentally influence a number of prehospital clinical, access‐related, and transport …