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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
Few studies have explored the impact of health insurance on patients with severe, chronic diseases. This retrospective study examined the association between health insurance and the risk of potentially avoidable rehospitalization in the 3 years following validated acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for a community-based probability sample of 683 patients admitted to 30 California hospitals in 1990-1991. In a multivariate analysis adjusted for measures of comorbidity burden, severity of illness, and AMI-related inpatient care, the risk of readmission was not significantly different among patients with no insurance, Medicare insurance, and non-Medicaid, non-Medicare ("private or other") insurance. However, compared to the latter group, patients with Medicaid were 2.6 times more likely to be readmitted for an AMI-related process (risk ratio. 2.61; 95% confidence interval, 1.33 to 5.11). Additional studies are needed to define the role of health insurance on clinical outcomes and health care access across a broader range of conditions and communities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0094-5145
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
167-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Ambulatory Care, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-California, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Health Services Accessibility, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Health Services Research, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Insurance Coverage, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Medicaid, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Medically Uninsured, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Medicare, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Myocardial Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Outcome Assessment (Health Care), pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Patient Readmission, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Probability, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12713068-Severity of Illness Index
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Potentially avoidable rehospitalizations following acute myocardial infarction by insurance status.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817-1498, USA. jzgarcia@ucdavis.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article