Health Status Disparities by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in Outpatients With Heart Failure

2018105 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Yevgeniy Khariton · Saint Luke's Hospital

Michael E. Nassif · Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Laine Thomas · Clinical Research Institute

Gregg C. Fonarow · Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Xiaojuan Mi · Clinical Research Institute

Adam D. DeVore · Duke University

Carol I. Duffy ·

Abstract

Among outpatients with HFrEF, women, blacks, Hispanics, and poorer patients had worse health status, which remained significant for women, Hispanics, and poorer patients in fully adjusted analyses. This suggests an opportunity to further optimize treatment to reduce these observed disparities.

Topics & Keywords

Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: JACC Heart Failure

Volume 6, Issue 6, pp. 465-473

DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2018.02.002

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