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Intensive Versus Traditional Cardiac Rehabilitation: Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in a 2016–2020 Retrospective Medicare Cohort

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Our objective was to determine whether ICR is associated with a mortality and cardiovascular benefit compared with CR.Methods:Retrospective cohort study of Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries in a 100% sample, claims data set. Moreover, ICR and CR demonstrate a dose-response relationship for mortality.

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Health Care Use and Expenditures Associated With Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Eligible Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Beneficiaries

Journal of the American Heart Association

and $1005 lower subsequent annual Medicare expenditures per beneficiary (95% CI, $1352 to $659). Participants attended 2 sessions of CR within 365 days of the event. Compared with nonparticipants, participants had 47.6 fewer subsequent annual inpatient hospitalizations per 1000 beneficiaries (95% CI, 58.8

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Abstract TP80: Differences in Access to Post Acute Care Services Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries in Michigan

Stroke Journal

Introduction:In recent years, Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment in the US has increased dramatically relative to traditional Medicare (TM). in 2016 to 32.4% Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP80-ATP80, February 1, 2024. of the 16,231 stroke discharges, respectively. Compared with TM, MA beneficiaries were older (77.4

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Abstract 13: Prior Bariatric Surgery is Associated With Reduced Risk of Recurrent Stroke Among Elderly Obese Stroke Survivors: A National Inpatient Sample Study (2016-2019)

Stroke Journal

Introduction:The paucity of large-scale data exploring the effect of prior bariatric surgery on recurrent stroke outcomes in elderly obese stroke survivors led us to address the gap, with an emphasis on the risk of recurrent stroke and its trends.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted using National Inpatient Sample data from 2016-2019.

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Effectiveness, utilisation and cost associated with implantable loop recorders versus external monitors after ischaemic or cryptogenic stroke

Open Heart

Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of individuals with commercial and Medicare Advantage insurance in Optum Labs Data Warehouse who had incident ischaemic or cryptogenic stroke and no prior cardiovascular implantable electronic device from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2021.

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Impact of Intensity of Vascular Care Preceding Major Amputation Among Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Secondary objectives evaluated all-cause mortality and adverse events following amputation.RESULTS:Of 33 036 total Medicare beneficiaries undergoing major amputation, 7885 (23.9%) were due to chronic limb-threatening ischemia; of these, 4988 (63.3%) received low-intensity and 2897 (36.7%) received high-intensity vascular care.

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Hypoglycemic Events May Trigger Acute Ischemic Stroke Within 30 Days in Those With Diabetes: A Case-Crossover Study

Stroke Journal

We hypothesize an association between hypoglycemic events and the occurrence of stroke among patients with diabetes.METHODS:We used Medicare inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, and subacute nursing facility data sets from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2019, and validated usingInternational Classification of Diseases,Tenth Revision, Clinical (..)