Primary Payer Status Is Associated With Mortality and Resource Utilization for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Abstract

Medicaid and uninsured payer status confers increased risk adjusted in-hospital mortality for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting operations. Medicaid was further associated with the greatest adjusted length of stay and total costs despite risk factors. Possible explanations include delays in access to care or disparate differences in health maintenance.