Effects of residential socioeconomic polarization on high blood pressure among nursing home residents

CONCLUSIONS: We achieved our objective by demonstrating that concentrated deprivation is associated with worse cardiovascular outcomes even in a population with equal access to care. Measures that jointly consider economic and racial/ethnic polarization elucidate larger disparities than single domain measures.PMID:38663339 | DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103243

Source: Health and Place - April 25, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Hoda S Abdel Magid Samuel Jaros Yongmei Li Michael A Steinman Sei Lee Carmen Peralta Bocheng Jing Kathy Fung Christine K Liu Xiaojuan Liu Laura A Graham Michelle C Odden Source Type: research