MPH’s Kripalani, Zhu and Self: Uninsured heart attack patients more likely to be transferred to another facility
Patients who present to an emergency department with a type of heart attack known as a STEMI and do not have insurance are much more likely to be transferred from one medical facility to another than patients who do have insurance, according to a study published in The American Journal of Cardiology. Contributors to this study include Sunil Kripalani, M.D., MSc., Yuwei Zhu, M.D., MS, Alan Storrow, M.D., Thomas Wang, M.D., Theodore Speroff, M.D., Daniel Munoz, M.D., MPA, Robert Dittus, M.D., MPH, Frank Harrell Jr. Ph.D., Wesley Self, M.D., MPH.