Gabriel E Fabreau1, Alexander A Leung2, Danielle A Southern2, Merrill L Knudtson2, J Michael McWilliams2, John Z Ayanian2, William A Ghali2. 1. From the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (G.E.F., J.M.M.); Institute for Public Health, Department of Medicine (G.E.F., A.A.L., W.A.G.) and Department of Community Health Sciences (D.A.S., W.A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (G.E.F., J.M.M., J.Z.A.); Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Department of Medicine, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (M.L.K.); and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (J.Z.A.). gef821@mail.harvard.edu. 2. From the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (G.E.F., J.M.M.); Institute for Public Health, Department of Medicine (G.E.F., A.A.L., W.A.G.) and Department of Community Health Sciences (D.A.S., W.A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (G.E.F., J.M.M., J.Z.A.); Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Department of Medicine, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (M.L.K.); and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (J.Z.A.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Sex and neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) may independently affect the care and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome, partly through barriers in timely access to cardiac catheterization. We sought to determine whether sex modifies the association between nSES and the receipt of cardiac catheterization and mortality after an acute coronary syndrome in a universal healthcare system. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 14 012 patients with acute coronary syndrome admitted to cardiology services between April 18, 2004, and December 31, 2011, in Southern Alberta, Canada. We used multivariable logistic regression to compare the odds of cardiac catheterization within 2 and 30 days of admission and the odds of 30-day and 1-year mortality for men and women by quintile of neighborhood median household income. Significant relationships between nSES and the receipt of cardiac catheterization and mortality after acute coronary syndrome were detected for women but not men. When examined by nSES, each incremental decrease in neighborhood income quintile for women was associated with a 6% lower odds of receiving cardiac catheterization within 30 days (P=0.01) and a 14% higher odds of 30-day mortality (P=0.03). For men, each decrease in neighborhood income quintile was associated with a 2% lower odds of receiving catheterization within 30 days (P=0.10) and a 5% higher odds of 30-day mortality (P=0.36). CONCLUSIONS: Associations between nSES and receipt of cardiac catheterization and 30-day mortality were noted for women but not men in a universal healthcare system. Care protocols designed to improve equity of access to care and outcomes are required, especially for low-income women.
BACKGROUND: Sex and neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) may independently affect the care and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome, partly through barriers in timely access to cardiac catheterization. We sought to determine whether sex modifies the association between nSES and the receipt of cardiac catheterization and mortality after an acute coronary syndrome in a universal healthcare system. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 14 012 patients with acute coronary syndrome admitted to cardiology services between April 18, 2004, and December 31, 2011, in Southern Alberta, Canada. We used multivariable logistic regression to compare the odds of cardiac catheterization within 2 and 30 days of admission and the odds of 30-day and 1-year mortality for men and women by quintile of neighborhood median household income. Significant relationships between nSES and the receipt of cardiac catheterization and mortality after acute coronary syndrome were detected for women but not men. When examined by nSES, each incremental decrease in neighborhood income quintile for women was associated with a 6% lower odds of receiving cardiac catheterization within 30 days (P=0.01) and a 14% higher odds of 30-day mortality (P=0.03). For men, each decrease in neighborhood income quintile was associated with a 2% lower odds of receiving catheterization within 30 days (P=0.10) and a 5% higher odds of 30-day mortality (P=0.36). CONCLUSIONS: Associations between nSES and receipt of cardiac catheterization and 30-day mortality were noted for women but not men in a universal healthcare system. Care protocols designed to improve equity of access to care and outcomes are required, especially for low-income women.
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