Impact of Insurance Status on Outcomes and Use of Rehabilitation Services in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke.

Medford-Davis, Laura N

Fonarow, Gregg C

Bhatt, Deepak L

Xu, Haolin

Smith, Eric E

Suter, Robert

Peterson, Eric D

Xian, Ying

Matsouaka, Roland A

Schwamm, Lee H

England

2017-07-06T16:02:47Z

2017-07-06T16:02:47Z

2016-11-14

BACKGROUND: Insurance status affects access to care, which may affect health outcomes. The objective was to determine whether patients without insurance or with government-sponsored insurance had worse quality of care or in-hospital outcomes in acute ischemic stroke. METHODS AND RESULTS: Multivariable logistic regressions with generalized estimating equations stratified by age under or at least 65 years were adjusted for patient demographics and comorbidities, presenting factors, and hospital characteristics to determine differences in in-hospital mortality and postdischarge destination. We included 589 320 ischemic stroke patients treated at 1604 US hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program between 2012 and 2015. Uninsured patients with hypertension, high cholesterol, or diabetes mellitus were less likely to be taking appropriate control medications prior to stroke, to use an ambulance to arrive to the ED, or to arrive early after symptom onset. Even after adjustment, the uninsured were more likely than the privately insured to die in the hospital (<65 years, OR 1.33 [95% CI 1.22-1.45]; ≥65 years OR 1.54 [95% CI 1.34-1.75]), and among survivors, were less likely to go to inpatient rehab (<65 OR 0.63 [95% CI 0.6-0.67]; ≥65 OR 0.56 [95% CI 0.5-0.63]). In contrast, patients with Medicare and Medicaid were more likely to be discharged to a Skilled Nursing Facility (<65 years OR 2.08 [CI 1.96-2.2]; OR 2.01 [95% CI 1.91-2.13]; ≥65 years OR 1.1 [95% CI 1.07-1.13]; OR 1.41 [95% CI 1.35-1.46]). CONCLUSIONS: Preventative care prior to ischemic stroke, time to presentation for acute treatment, access to rehabilitation, and in-hospital mortality differ by patient insurance status.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27930356

JAHA.116.004282

2047-9980

https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15022

eng

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

J Am Heart Assoc

10.1161/JAHA.116.004282

health outcomes

health policy

health services research

insurance

stroke, ischemic

Impact of Insurance Status on Outcomes and Use of Rehabilitation Services in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke.

Journal article

Xu, Haolin|0000-0003-1069-9567

Peterson, Eric D|0000-0002-5415-4721

Xian, Ying|0000-0002-1237-1162

Matsouaka, Roland A|0000-0002-0271-5400

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27930356

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Basic Science Departments

Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Clinical Science Departments

Duke

Duke Clinical Research Institute

Institutes and Centers

Medicine

Medicine, Cardiology

Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology

School of Medicine

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