medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.25.21256068; this version posted April 28, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license . Outcome Disparities by Insurance Plan and Educational Attainment in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Apiyasawat Short Title: Education Disparities and AF Outcomes Sirin Apiyasawat, MD1; Tomon Thongsri, MD2, Kulyot Jongpiputvanich, MD3, Rungroj Krittayaphong, MD4; for the COOL-AF Investigators 1 Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 2 Buddhachinaraj Hospital, Phitsanulok, Thailand 3 Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand 4 Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Address for correspondence: Rungroj Krittayaphong, MD Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Phone: (66) 2-419-6104; Fax: (66) 2-412-7412, E-mail:
[email protected] Word Counts: 2990 Keywords: atrial fibrillation, health insurance, education, mortality, registry Apiyasawat,NOTE: This preprint et al. reports new research that has not been certified1 by peer review Educationand should not Disparities be used to guide and clinical AF Outcomes practice. medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.25.21256068; this version posted April 28, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.