The Chasm in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and In-Hospital Mortality Rates Among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in Rural and Urban Hospitals in China: A Mediation Analysis

• Main Authors: Miao Cai (Author), Echu Liu (Author), Peng Bai (Author), Nan Zhang (Author), Siyu Wang (Author), Wei Li (Author), Hualiang Lin (Author), Xiaojun Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: To determine to what extent the inequality in the ability to provide percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) translates into outcomes for AMI patients in China.Methods: We identified 82,677 patients who had primary diagnoses of AMI and were hospitalized in Shanxi Province, China, betwee...