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When it comes to health care access, more isn't always better (opens in a new tab)
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-12
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When it comes to health care access, more isn't always better
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-12
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10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.38687
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Facility Access and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Also referencedpresented as earlier work
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2847127
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedUC San Francisco research suggests that the effect of adding specialized emergency services depends heavily on whether people already have timely access.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedAmong nearly 600,000 California heart attack patients, survival rates improved after specialized services opened in communities that previously lacked timely access, but where those services were already available, opening another facility only slightly increased procedures and did not improve survival rates.View evidenceHide evidence
As statednearly 600,000 patients; 53% relative increase in PCI-capable admission; 16% increase in PCI; 20% lower 30-day mortality; 15% lower one-year mortality; 2% higher admission and 3% higher PCI with no significant mortality change in already-served areas
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedThe study examined percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a lifesaving procedure for heart attack patients, and compared communities that previously had timely PCI access with those that did not after a PCI-capable facility opened within a 30-minute drive.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated590,282 heart attack hospitalizations in California between 2011 and 2022
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedIn communities without prior access, a new PCI-capable facility was associated with a 53% relative increase in admission to a hospital capable of performing PCI, a 16% increase in PCI use, a 20% decline in 30-day mortality, and a 15% decline in one-year mortality.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated53% relative increase; 16% increase; 20% decline; 15% decline
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedIn communities where PCI was already available within 30 minutes, opening another facility was associated with only a 2% increase in admission to a PCI-capable hospital and a 3% increase in PCI use, with no significant change in mortality.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated2% increase; 3% increase; no significant change in mortality
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe article says the findings build on an earlier study by Hsia and colleagues that found PCI procedure volumes rose after a new facility opened, especially in communities that previously lacked timely access.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated7.5% overall increase; nearly 20% in previously underserved communities; about 8% in already-served communities
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PubMed, Crossref, Europe PMC · 15 candidate papers
Automated assessment of right ventricular systolic function from coronary angiograms with video-based artificial intelligence algorithms: development, validation, comparison against humans, and prospective deployment.
European Heart Journal. Digital Health · 2026 · PubMed
Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute Coronary Syndromes · 2004 · Crossref
Hospital Financial Structure and Unplanned Rehospitalization Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States.
2026 · Europe PMC
Community-Level Procedure Volume and Patient Health Profiles Following PCI-Capable Facility Openings.
JAMA Network Open · 2026 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Association of spontaneous bleeding and myocardial infarction with long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention
Yearbook of Cardiology 2016 · 2016 · Crossref
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