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Topic : Beta Blockers in Acute MI
(Following Excerpt from The Peer
Review Organization of New Jersey, Inc. for page "Acute
Myocardial Infarction")
According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular
disease is America's biggest killer. Every minute an American
dies of coronary heart disease. Each year approximately 1.1
million people experience an acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
or heart attack. Almost two-thirds of heart attack patients
do not make a complete recovery and people who survive the
acute phase have a chance of related illness and death that
is 2 to 9 times higher than that of the general population.
Older Americans bear the brunt of this medical burden. Over
80 percent of all heart attack related deaths occur in individuals
age 65 or older.
According to Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
data, heart disease is the leading cause of hospitalization
among persons age 65 or older. AMI accounts for approximately
394,850 hospitalizations for Medicare beneficiaries, or about
12 hospitalizations for every 1,000 enrollees. The payments
to hospitals for these episodes totaled over $3.6 billion,
or about $9,780 per discharge, in 1996.
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