Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Usage and Death by Neighborhood Poverty Among Individuals With Congenital Heart Defects, 4 US Surveillance Sites, 2011 to 2013.

Cheryl L Raskind-Hood Vijaya Kancherla Lindsey C Ivey Fred Henry Rodriguez Anaclare M Sullivan George K Lui Lorenzo D Botto Marcia L Feldkamp Jennifer S Li Alfred D'Ottavio Sherry L Farr Jill Glidewell Wendy M Book

Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)

Racial and ethnic disparities in health care usage were found among individuals with CHD in low- and high-poverty neighborhoods, but mortality disparities were larger in high-poverty neighborhoods. Understanding individual- and community-level social determinants of health, including access to health care, may help address racial and ethnic inequities in health care usage and death among individuals with CHD.

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