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Join us on Wednesday, July 10, for a Lunch & Learn event discussing health and health care policy decisions that are expected in the closing days of the Supreme Court’s 2023-2024 term.

Inequities in Cardiac Intervention Service Availability

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a minimally invasive procedure that opens blocked arteries and restores blood flow to the heart.

In the July issue of Health Affairs, Renee Hsia of the University of California San Francisco and Yu-Chu Shen of the Naval Postgraduate School examine racial and geographic disparities in access to PCI services.

After examining a selection of US general acute hospitals between 2000–20, the researchers conclude that “hospitals serving communities with high shares of Black and Hispanic residents and a high degree of residential segregation had the lowest likelihoods of adopting PCI services when population and hospital size were controlled for.”

For more on the paper’s findings, listen to a new episode of A Health Podyssey with author Renee Hsia and Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil.

Order the July 2024 issue of Health Affairs.

More on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Ambulance Diversion Associated With Reduced Access To Cardiac Technology And Increased One-Year Mortality by Yu-Chu Shen and Renee Y. Hsia
• Urban Hospital ‘Clusters’ Do Shift High-Risk Procedures To Key Facilities, But More Could Be Done by Roice D. Luke et al.
• Use And In-Hospital Mortality Associated With Two Cardiac Procedures, By Sex And Age: National Trends, 1990–2004 by Julia S. Holmes

Renee Hsia on Inequities in Cardiac Intervention Availability

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Renee Hsia of the University of California San Francisco on her recent paper that explores the structural inequities in the adoption of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) services by US hospitals.

Health Affairs Scholar is celebrating its one-year anniversary.

The digital journal published its first issue in July 2023 with a dedication to emerging policy trends and global health.

Its presence is growing. Cited by Congress and national media outlets like the New York Times, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times, Scholar has published papers on health care costs, access, quality, and equity. High-impact papers have included:

• Active steps to reduce administrative spending associated with financial transactions in US health care
• Food and Drug Administration novel drug decisions in 2017: transparency and disclosure prior to and 5 years following approval
• Has the fall of Roe changed contraceptive access and use? New research from four US states offers critical insights

Read about Scholar’s first year from Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Phillips on Forefront.

Using Executive Orders To Affirmatively Advance Racial Equity

Kellee White Whilby