Relationship Between Healthcare Team Segregation & Receipt Of Care By A Cardiologist According To Patient Race

Segregation index (SI) has been used to measure the degree of segregation between racial groups within specific geographic areas and has been associated with worse health outcomes. However, the relationship between SI within healthcare teams (degree of heterogeneity between teams that care for Black patients versus White patients, also called dissimilarity index) and cardiovascular care is less clear. We sought to evaluate the relationship between healthcare team SI, patient race, receipt of care by a cardiologist, and 1-year survival for Black and White patients admitted with heart failure (HF), ischemic heart disease (IHD), or valvular heart disease (VHD) as a primary diagnosis in hospitals in a Midwestern state.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - January 1, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Janina Quintero Bisono, Delancee Trabue, Ryan Yee, Shannon Knapp, Francesca Williamson, Adedoyin Johnson, Stephen Watty, Natalie Pool, Megan Hebdon, Wanda Moore, Ekoh Yankah, Nneamaka Ezema, Nia Kimbrough, Jhonnie Washington, Karen Lightbourne, Brownsyne Tags: 078 Source Type: research