… than White patients to be admitted to a cardiology service. … to the removal of the African
American race coefficient from the … , Asian, Black, and Hispanic patients in the ICU received less …

… ), for example, Black patients admitted to a cardiac ICU were less likely to receive care from
a cardiologist in a cohort where primary care by a cardiologist showed a survival advantage. …

… less likely to receive high-quality, evidence-based medical care as compared with their White
American … During this same period, Black Americans were legally barred from numerous …

… 3% to 5% of Black Americans. Despite widespread recognition … acute HF, Blacks were less
likely to be seen by a cardiologist … Of note, patients who receive care from a cardiologist have …

… Black participants (African Americans) had the highest incident rate of heart … receive care
at underperforming hospitals, even within a hospital, minority patients are less likely to receive …

… were no significant racial differences in all-cause mortality; black patients were less likely
to receive AVR; risk was attenuated after adjustment for demographics and comorbidities. …

… part of a quality improvement registry) receive different care and have different outcomes
than those treated at other hospitals. Third, race/ethnicity was not recorded in 8% of individuals. …

… of acute organ failure. We also found that Black patients were more likely to receive palliative
care … Others have posited that the rise of palliative care is falsely improving survival in racial/…

… adjust our analyses for severity of illness, a relevant potential confounder. Finally, we do
not have data on cause of death, medication usage, or care preferences such as “do not …

… investigator, an advanced heart failure cardiologist [KB, an African American woman]). Neither
the … , we would say, ‘We’ll take a chance on her for a VAD but not for a heart’” (white man …