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Income level and outcomes in patients with heart failure with universal health coverage.

Chung-Lieh HungTze-Fan ChaoCheng-Huang SuJo-Nan LiaoKuo-Tzu SungHung-I YehChern-En Chiang
Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2020)
Low-income patients with HF had nearly a twofold increase in the risk of in-hospital mortality and postdischarge events compared with the high-income group, partly due to lower GDMT utilisation. The differences between postdischarge HF outcomes among various income groups appeared to mitigate over time following the implementation of nationwide universal health coverage.
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