Table 3:

Association between Core Based Statistical Area-level markers of socioeconomic status and rates of TAVR per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries among the 926 studied CBSA. Additional co-variates are shown in Supplemental Tables IV, V and VI and include age, male sex, race/ethnicity, region of residence, medical comorbidities and an indicator variable for an existing TAVR program within the CBSA.

	% Difference in No. TAVR per 100,000 Medicare Beneficiaries (95% CI)	p-value
Dual Eligibility for Medicaid (per 1% increase)	−1.19 (−1.34 to −1.04)	<0.001
Presence of a TAVR program (adjusted for dual-eligibility for Medicaid)	9.94 (8.80 to 11.08)	<0.001
Median Household Income (per $1000 decrease)	−0.62 (−0.67 to −0.56)	<0.001
Presence of a TAVR program (adjusted for median household income)	8.02 (6.87 to 9.17)	<0.001
Distressed Communities Index (per 1-unit increase)	−0.35 (−0.38 to −0.32)	<0.001
Presence of a TAVR program (adjusted for DCI	7.25 (6.08 to 8.41)	<0.001