Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Peripheral Vascular Disease Admissions Using a Nationally Representative Sample.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2023

Publication Title

The American journal of cardiology

Abstract

Our study aimed to identify clinical outcomes and resource utilization associated with race and ethnicity in patients admitted with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) across the United States. We queried the National Inpatient Sample database from 2015 to 2019 and identified 622,820 patients admitted with PVD. Patients across 3 major race and ethnic categories were compared in terms of baseline characteristics, inpatient outcomes, and resource utilization. Black and Hispanic patients were more likely to be younger and of the lowest median income but incur higher total hospital costs. Black race predicted higher rates of acute kidney injury, need for blood transfusion, and need for vasopressor but lower rates of circulatory shock, and mortality. Black and Hispanic patients were less likely to undergo limb-salvaging procedures and more likely to undergo amputation than White patients. In conclusion, our findings indicate that Black and Hispanic patients experience health disparities in resource utilization and inpatient outcomes for PVD admissions.

Volume

202

First Page

74

Last Page

80

DOI

10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.055

ISSN

1879-1913

PubMed ID

37421733

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