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It is debated whether people with supplementary private insurance receive overtreatment due to financial incentives.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To assess whether incidence rates of cardiovascular procedures in people with supplementary private insurance are higher than in those with basic insurance only.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>A population-based weighted cohort comparative effectiveness study, using administrative claims data from Switzerland assessing incidence rates (IRs), was conducted in adults undergoing a nonemergency cardiovascular inpatient procedure from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2020. Analysis included primary or secondary discharge procedure codes for 1 of the following: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion, patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), mitral valve clip implantation, cardiac pacemaker implantation, and atrial fibrillation\/atrial flutter ablation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Supplementary private health insurance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Incidence rates of cardiovascular procedures between insurance groups calculated by negative binomial regression adjusted by inverse probability weights.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Of 590\u202f919 admissions (median age, 68 years; IQR, 57-77 years), 55.5% male, 15.7% non-Swiss nationality), 70.1% had basic insurance only. Independent of insurance status, IR for all cardiovascular procedures steadily increased over the study years. In general, people with supplementary private insurance received cardiovascular procedures more frequently (IR ratio [IRR], 1.11; 99% CI, 1.10-1.11) than people with basic insurance only. There was also an increase for every procedure: PTCA (IRR, 1.12; 99% CI, 1.12-1.13), LAA closure (IRR, 1.15; 99% CI, 1.13-1.16), mitral valve clip implantation (IRR, 1.08; 99% CI, 1.07-1.09), TAVR (IRR, 1.04; 99% CI, 1.03-1.06), PFO closure (IRR, 1.01; 99% CI, 1.00-1.02), pacemaker implantation (IRR, 1.08; 99% CI, 1.07-1.09), and atrial fibrillation\/atrial flutter ablation (IRR, 1.12; 99% CI, 1.11-1.12). Sensitivity analyses, including side procedures, stratification by length of stay, and propensity score matching, suggested robustness of the results.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>This study found an association between supplementary private insurance and a higher likelihood of receiving nonemergency cardiovascular procedures. 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