Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Heart Failure Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Fudim M, Zhong L, Patel KV, Khera R, Abdelmalek MF, Diehl AM, McGarrah RW, Molinger J, Moylan CA, Rao VN, Wegermann K, Neeland IJ, Halm EA, Das SR, Pandey A. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Heart Failure Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021654. PMID: 34755544, PMCID: PMC8751938, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.021654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseIncident heart failureReduced ejection fractionFatty liver diseaseHeart failureEjection fractionMedicare beneficiariesHF subtypesLiver diseaseHigh riskBackground Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseBaseline NAFLDAssociation of NAFLDNew-onset heart failureConclusions PatientsCohort studyPrior diagnosisBlack patientsNinth RevisionKidney diseaseOutpatient claimsRisk factorsIndependent associationHigh burdenMedicare patientsOut‐of‐pocket Annual Health Expenditures and Financial Toxicity from Healthcare Costs in Patients with Heart Failure in the United States
Wang SY, Valero‐Elizondo J, Ali H, Pandey A, Cainzos‐Achirica M, Krumholz HM, Nasir K, Khera R. Out‐of‐pocket Annual Health Expenditures and Financial Toxicity from Healthcare Costs in Patients with Heart Failure in the United States. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e022164. PMID: 33998273, PMCID: PMC8483501, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.022164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGreater risk-adjusted oddsRisk-adjusted oddsHeart failureMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyCatastrophic financial burdenPocket healthcare expensesHigh financial burdenFinancial toxicityHealthcare expensesFinancial burdenHealthcare costsCatastrophic burdenMajor public health burdenLow-income familiesBackground Heart failurePublic health burdenInsurance premiumsPanel SurveyPocket healthcare costsAnnual health expenditureWorld Health OrganizationConclusions PatientsHealth insurance premiumsPocket healthcare expenditureHealth burden