Burden of Catastrophic Health Expenditures for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Among Uninsured in the United States

Circulation. 2018 Jan 23;137(4):408-410. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030128. Epub 2017 Nov 13.
No abstract available

Keywords: health expenditures; medically uninsured; myocardial infarction; stroke.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Health Care Costs* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Health Expenditures* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Health Services Accessibility / economics
  • Hospital Charges
  • Hospital Costs
  • Humans
  • Income
  • Male
  • Medically Uninsured* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Infarction / economics*
  • Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / economics*
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Process Assessment, Health Care / economics*
  • Process Assessment, Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Stroke / diagnosis
  • Stroke / economics*
  • Stroke / epidemiology
  • Stroke / therapy*
  • Time Factors
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult