Temporal Trends in Unstable Angina Diagnosis Codes for Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Rishi K Wadhera; Devraj Sukul; Eric A Secemsky; Changyu Shen; Hitinder S Gurm; William E Boden; Robert W Yeh

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.5124

Temporal Trends in Unstable Angina Diagnosis Codes for Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Feb 1;179(2):259-261. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.5124.

Authors

Rishi K Wadhera^{1

2}, Devraj Sukul³, Eric A Secemsky², Changyu Shen², Hitinder S Gurm^{3

4}, William E Boden⁵, Robert W Yeh²

Affiliations

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Richard and Susan Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁵ VA New England Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This study examines the appropriate use of percutaneous coronary interventions in New York, Michigan, and Florida using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project state databases.

MeSH terms

Aged
Angina, Unstable / epidemiology
Angina, Unstable / therapy*
Coronary Angiography / trends
Female
Florida
Health Services Misuse / trends*
Humans
Insurance, Health / trends*
Male
Michigan
Middle Aged
New York
Outpatients / statistics & numerical data
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / trends*
Treatment Outcome