2019
Race-Ethnic Disparities in 30-Day Readmission After Stroke Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the Florida Stroke Registry
Gardener H, Leifheit EC, Lichtman JH, Wang K, Wang Y, Gutierrez CM, Ciliberti-Vargas MA, Dong C, Robichaux M, Romano JG, Sacco RL, Rundek T, Investigators and Collaborators F. Race-Ethnic Disparities in 30-Day Readmission After Stroke Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the Florida Stroke Registry. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2019, 28: 104399. PMID: 31611168, PMCID: PMC6939298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.104399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanBrain IschemiaFemaleFloridaHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansInsurance BenefitsMaleMedicarePatient ReadmissionRecurrenceRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSecondary PreventionStrokeTime FactorsTransitional CareUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsFlorida Stroke RegistryAcute cerebrovascular eventsCause readmissionIschemic strokeRace/ethnicityStroke RegistryCerebrovascular eventsEthnic disparitiesCox proportional hazards modelTransient ischemic attackSecondary prevention strategiesUrinary tract infectionRace-ethnic disparitiesLength of stayProportional hazards modelIschemic attackFirst readmissionHospital dischargeTract infectionsArterial interventionsArtery interventionHemorrhagic strokeStroke patientsTransitional careThirty-day
2013
Prevalence of Traditional Cardiac Risk Factors and Secondary Prevention Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Variation by Age, Sex, and Race
Leifheit-Limson EC, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Jones SB, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM, Lichtman JH. Prevalence of Traditional Cardiac Risk Factors and Secondary Prevention Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Variation by Age, Sex, and Race. Journal Of Women's Health 2013, 22: 659-666. PMID: 23841468, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2012.3962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanBody Mass IndexCounselingDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHospitalizationHumansHypercholesterolemiaHypertensionLife StyleMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionObesityPrevalenceProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSecondary PreventionSex FactorsSmokingSmoking CessationSocioeconomic FactorsWhite PeopleConceptsCardiac risk factorsAcute myocardial infarctionSecondary prevention effortsTraditional cardiac risk factorsLipid-lowering medicationsRisk factorsWhite patientsAMI patientsMyocardial infarctionPrevention effortsGreater risk factor burdenMultiple cardiac risk factorsRisk factor burdenYoung black patientsYoung white patientsSecondary prevention strategiesRisk factor prevalenceHigh-risk subgroupsMultiple risk factorsBlack womenAge-sex groupsOlder patientsSecondary preventionYounger patientsFactor prevalence