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Abstract WMP60: Comparison of Demographic and Clinical Characteristics and the CDC Social Vulnerability Index Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized With Acute Ischemic Stroke, April 2020 - December 2021

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Extensive evidence shows that social inequities create health disparities. However, limited information exists on how demographic and clinical factors are associated with social inequities among older patients hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) during COVID-19.Methods:We 0.66, high 0.67-1.0).Results:Among

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The Evolving Computed Tomography Market

DAIC

It reported the rate of CCTA exams by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased markedly from 2010 to 2019. Over that period, the rates of CCTA by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased by 355%, according to findings of Russell A. Rao, MD, FACR, from Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals.

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

DAIC

FAHA , co-director of the Vascular Center at the University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute and a professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , both in Cleveland, Ohio. Rates of referral for supervised exercise therapy among PAD patients are incredibly low.

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ACO REACH: A New Evolution in At-Risk Primary Care

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Elliott Fisher during a 2006 public meeting with the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC). Then, six years later in 2012, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorized the use of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improve the safety and quality of care and reduce health care costs in Medicare.