Association of Neighborhood-Level Material Deprivation With Atrial Fibrillation Care in a Single-Payer Health Care System: A Population-Based Cohort Study

CONCLUSIONS: Despite universal health care and prescription medication coverage, residents of more deprived neighborhoods were less likely to visit cardiologists or receive rhythm control interventions after AF diagnosis, even though they exhibited higher cardiovascular disease burden and higher risk of adverse outcomes.PMID:35678171 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058949

Source: Circulation - June 9, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Husam Abdel-Qadir Leo E Akioyamen Jiming Fang Andrea Pang Andrew C T Ha Cynthia A Jackevicius David A Alter Peter C Austin Clare L Atzema R Sacha Bhatia Gillian L Booth Sharon Johnston Irfan Dhalla Moira K Kapral Harlan M Krumholz Candace D McNaughton Ida Source Type: research