A recent study of peripheral artery disease in the Hispanic population found that Hispanic patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) are much more likely to have the condition treated in a hospital emergency department instead of a primary care provider. The study examined 1,018,220 PAD hospitalizations from 2011 to 2017, and Read more…
A study of Medicare claims found that in the 19-month period since Supervised Exercise Therapy (SET) was accepted as a therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), this therapeutic intervention was underutilized. Published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, this study of CMS claims data from June 1, 2017, and December Read more…
Since 2000, the US adult smoking rate has been on a steady decline, which is good news for the United States overall health and well-being, due to smoking being associated with a variety of negative health outcomes, including Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). However, for Read more…