Changes in Healthcare Utilization Patterns and Outcomes for an Acute Cerebrovascular Events Medicare Cohort: 2018–2022
Medicare beneficiaries who sustained acute cerebrovascular events had marked differences over the subsequent year in healthcare utilization patterns and increased mortality in the late-COVID period compared with their utilization and outcomes pre-COVID. The differences in mortality were the most pronounced for beneficiaries in socially disadvantaged areas.
Authors
- Rishi K. Wadhera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1089-3896)
- Osvaldo Laurido-Soto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7724-1772)
- Susan Searles Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7768-4736)
- Fengxian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7677-5406)
- Ganesh M. Babulal
- Brad A. Racette
- Jose F. Figueroa
- Karen E. Joynt Maddox
- E. John Orav
- RJ Waken
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Center for Advancing Health (US)
- Deaconess Hospital (US)
- Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics (CH)
- Saint Louis University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neuroepidemiology
- Published
- 2026-01-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000550344
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00