Effects of race and health insurance on the rates of pacemaker implantation for complete heart block in the United States

Haitham Hreybe; Samir Saba

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.071

Effects of race and health insurance on the rates of pacemaker implantation for complete heart block in the United States

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jul 15;94(2):227-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.071.

Authors

Haitham Hreybe¹, Samir Saba

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 15246909
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.071

Abstract

Although indicated for adults with complete heart block, pacemaker implantation is not always practiced. There are gross discrepancies by race, type of health insurance coverage, and size of hospital of admission in the utilization of pacemakers.

MeSH terms

Adult
Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
Female
Heart Block / ethnology*
Heart Block / therapy*
Humans
Insurance, Hospitalization*
Male
Minority Groups / statistics & numerical data
Pacemaker, Artificial / economics
Pacemaker, Artificial / statistics & numerical data*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / economics
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
White People / statistics & numerical data