Social Determinants of Health and 90‐Day Mortality After Hospitalization for Heart Failure in the REGARDS Study

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Uses data from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study to examine associations between social determinants of health (SDOH) and risk of 90-day mortality after heart failure (HF) hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older. Some of the SDOH considered include African American race, social isolation, rural residence, living in a high poverty zip code or Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), and more.

Madeline R. Sterling, Joanna Bryan Ringel, Laura C. Pinheiro, et al.

Journal of the American Heart Association, 9(9)

04/2020

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Black or African American · Cardiovascular disease · Elderly population · Medicare · Mortality · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data