Association of Health Insurance Payer Type and Outcomes After Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: An Analysis of the STS-INTERMACS Registry

Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, & Evaluative Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA. (S.A.M.K., T.C.H., A.S.N., E.J.D., A.C.F., J.G., P.W.G.)

The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA. (S.A.M.K., A.S.N., E.J.D., A.C.F., J.G., P.W.G.)

Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA. (P.W.G.)

Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pennsylvania, PA (P.W.G.).