Figure 1

Adjusted hospitalization rates for AMI (A) and 30-day all-cause mortality after admission for AMI (B). Y-axis shows adjusted AMI hospitalization per 10,000 Medicare enrollees; rates were adjusted for age and year (A). For 30-day all-cause mortality, rates were adjusted for age, year, location of MI, unstable angina, chronic atherosclerosis, cardiopulmonary-respiratory failure and shock, valvular heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cerebrovascular disease, renal failure, COPD, pneumonia, diabetes, protein-calorie malnutrition, dementia, hemiplegia, paraplegia, paralysis, functional disability, peripheral vascular disease, metastatic cancer, trauma in last year, major psychiatric disorders, chronic liver disease, history of PCI, history of CABG and history of heart failure (B). AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CABG, coronary artery bypass surgery; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.