Impact of Insurance Status on Clinical Management and Outcomes of Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Findings from the Kuwait Catheterization Laboratory Project Registry
Sayed Abdulmotaleb Almoosawy,
Abdullah Esmaiel,
Ibrahim Farrag
et al.
Abstract:Background:
Emerging evidence from various countries suggests that ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with differing health-care insurance types experience discrepancies in clinical management and outcomes. Kuwait government provides free essential treatments and medications to noninsured patients with certain emergency conditions. We aimed to compare differences in clinical management and in-hospital and 30-day outcomes in STEMI patients with different insurance types in K… Show more
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