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Association of Neighborhood-Level Marginalization With Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Catheterization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Single-Payer Health Care System.

Leo E AkioyamenHusam Abdel-QadirLu HanManeesh K SudNikhil MistryDavid A AlterClare L AtzemaPeter C AustinR Sacha BhatiaGillian Lynn BoothIrfan DhallaAndrew C T HaCynthia A JackeviciusMoira K KapralHarlan M KrumholzDouglas S LeeCandace D McNaughtonIdan RoifmanMichael J SchullAtul SivaswamyKaren TuJacob A UdellHarindra C WijeysunderaDennis T Ko
Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (2023)
In older patients with acute myocardial infarction who survived to hospital discharge, those residing in the most marginalized neighborhoods had a greater long-term risk of mortality, less specialist care, and fewer diagnostic tests. Yet, there were no differences across socioeconomic status in prescription medication use and adherence.
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