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2010 Atlas of Heart Disease Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries

The Atlas of Heart Disease Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries is the sixth in a series of CDC atlases related to cardiovascular disease. It is the second atlas focusing on cardiovascular related hospitalizations in the Medicare population. It was developed in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and includes county-level maps of heart disease hospitalizations by heart disease-subtype, race/ethnicity, and discharge status. Maps of hospital facilities and heart disease specialists are also included. In this section you can:

View/download the Atlas of Heart Disease Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries in PDF format, and order a hard copy of the Atlas.
View interactive state maps of the burden of heart disease hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries.

Suggested Citation

Greer SA, Nwaise IA, Casper ML. Atlas of Heart Disease Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2010.

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Cover	PDF [454K]
Forword/Table of Contents	PDF [123K]
Executive Summary	PDF [116K]
Section One: National Patterns of Heart Disease Hospitalizations	PDF [397K]
Section Two: Maps of Heart Disease Hospitalization Rates, by Subtype and Race/Ethnicity	PDF [24M]
Section Three: Maps of Hospitals and Heart Disease Specialists	PDF [8.3M]
Section Four: Maps at a Glance—Hospitalizations Rates by Subtype and Race/Ethnicity	PDF [27M]
Section Five: Maps at a Glance—Hospitalizations, by Discharge Status and Race/Ethnicity	PDF [29M]
Appendix A: State Tables	PDF [448K]
Appendix B: Technical Notes and Methods	PDF [209K]
Appendix C: Resources	PDF [169K]