Social Determinants of Health and Cardiologist Involvement in the Care of Adults Hospitalized for Heart Failure.
David T ZhangChukwuma OnyebekeMusarrat NahidLauren BalkanMahad MusseLaura C PinheiroMadeline R SterlingRaegan W DurantTodd M BrownEmily B LevitanMonika M SaffordParag GoyalPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
Adults with low household income were 11% less likely to have a cardiologist involved in their care during a hospitalization for HF. This suggests that socioeconomic status may implicitly bias the care provided to patients hospitalized for HF.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- heart failure
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- public health
- acute heart failure
- pain management
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- affordable care act
- left ventricular
- patient reported outcomes
- social media
- atrial fibrillation
- health promotion
- cardiac resynchronization therapy