Mortality and Revascularization following Admission for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Implication for Rural Veterans

Autor/inn/en	Abrams, Thad E.; Vaughan-Sarrazin, Mary; Kaboli, Peter J.
Titel	Mortality and Revascularization following Admission for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Implication for Rural Veterans
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Health, 26 (2010) 4, S.310-317 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-765X
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00318.x
Schlagwörter	Heart Disorders; Hospitals; Patients; Classification; Veterans; Mortality Rate; Access to Health Care; Rural Population; Rural Urban Differences; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Herzkrankheit; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Patient; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Kriegsteilnehmer; Veteran; Mortalitätsrate; Landbevölkerung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung
Abstract	Introduction: Annually, over 3,000 rural veterans are admitted to Veterans Health Administration (VA) hospitals for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), yet no studies of AMI have utilized the VA rural definition. Methods: This retrospective cohort study identified 15,870 patients admitted for AMI to all VA hospitals. Rural residence was identified by either Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes or the VA Urban/Rural/Highly Rural (URH) system. Endpoints of mortality and coronary revascularization were adjusted using administrative laboratory and clinical variables. Results: URH codes identified 184 (1%) veterans as "highly rural", 6,046 (39%) as "rural", and 9,378 (60%) as "urban"; RUCA codes identified 1,350 (9%) veterans from an "isolated town", 3,505 (22%) from a "small or "large town", and 10,345 (65%) from "urban" areas. Adjusted mortality analyses demonstrated similar risk of mortality for rural veterans using either URH or RUCA systems. Hazards of revascularization using the URH classification demonstrated no difference for "rural" (HR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.94-1.00) and "highly rural" veterans (HR, 1.13; 0.96-1.31) relative to urban veterans. In contrast, rural (relative to urban) veterans designated by the RUCA system had lower rates of revascularization; this was true for veterans from "small or large towns" (HR, 0.89; 0.83-0.95) as well as veterans from "isolated towns" (HR, 0.86; 0.78-0.93). Conclusion: Rural veterans admitted for AMI care have a similar risk of 30-day mortality but the adjusted hazard for receipt of revascularization for rural veterans was dependent upon the rural classification system utilized. These findings suggest potentially lower rates of revascularization for rural veterans. (As Provided).
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