Benefits of PCI–Capable Facility Openings Vary by Race, Community
By Lori Solomon HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- There are differential benefits associated with a percutaneous coronary intervention–capable facility (PCI-CF) opening based on patient race and community segregation, according to a research letter published online Dec. 12 in JAMA Network Open.
Renee Y. Hsia, M.D., from University of California, San Francisco, and Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D., from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, examined differential changes in patient outcomes after PCI-CF openings by patient race and community segregation. Analysis included 2.39 million patients with Medicare Fee-for-Service and acute myocardial infarction (AMI; 2006 through 2017).
The researchers found that patients in integrated communities had larger increases in their probability of PCI during a hospitalization (Black patients: 6.62 percentage points and White patients: 5.28 percentage points) versus those in segregated communities (3.60 percentage points and 2.20 percentage points for Black and White patients, respectively) after a PCI-CF opening. These changes yield a 12.3 percent relative increase for Black patients in integrated communities and a 3.5 percent relative increase for White patients in segregated communities. For 30-day mortality, Black patients in integrated communities had a 1.30 percentage point decrease (roughly 10.7 percent relative decrease), which persisted at one year (1.86 percentage point decrease, or 6.2 percent relative decrease) after a PCI-CF opening.
"Our findings reveal potential avenues for improving PCI resource allocation, including the implementation of public health measures or financial incentives to support PCI-CF openings in majority Black and integrated communities and greater structural reform targeting the built environment of health care services," the authors write.
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Posted December 2023
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