The impact of health care disparities on patients with heart failure

A Morris, KS Shah, JS Enciso, E Hsich, NE Ibrahim… - Journal of cardiac …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heart failure (HF) remains a condition associated with high morbidity, mortality, and
associated costs. Although the number of medical and device-based therapies available to …

Prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension among US women of reproductive age by race/Hispanic origin

ND Ford, CL Robbins, DK Hayes, JY Ko… - American journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND To explore the prevalence, pharmacologic treatment, and control of
hypertension among US nonpregnant women of reproductive age by race/Hispanic origin to …

Race and socioeconomic bias in pediatric cardiac transplantation

S Amdani, J Conway, J Kleinmahon, S Auerbach… - Heart failure, 2023 - jacc.org
Background To date, no studies evaluated implicit bias among clinicians caring for children
with advanced heart failure. Objectives This study aims to evaluate implicit racial and …

Addressing challenges faced by underrepresented biomedical investigators and efforts to address them: An NHLBI-PRIDE perspective

OJ Ilonze, F Avorgbedor, A Diallo, M Boutjdir - Journal of the National …, 2022 - Elsevier
Junior investigators from groups underrepresented in the biomedical workforce confront
challenges as they navigate the ranks of academic research careers. Biochemical research …

Identities as predictors of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID‐19 pandemic

SL Heiman, ER Hirt, C Isch, JF Brinkworth… - Journal of Social …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vaccine hesitancy is variable across individuals and contexts. Theoretical work suggests
that group membership should differentially affect attitudes and behavior related to COVID …

The importance of cultural awareness in the management of heart failure: a narrative review

JM Beattie, T Castiello, T Jaarsma - Vascular Health and Risk …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Heart failure is a commonly encountered clinical syndrome arising from a range of etiologic
cardiovascular diseases and manifests in a phenotypic spectrum of varying degrees of …

Is the affordable care act medicaid expansion associated with receipt of heart failure guideline-directed medical therapy by race and ethnicity?

KK Breathett, H Xu, NK Sweitzer, E Calhoun… - American heart …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Uninsurance is a known contributor to racial/ethnic health inequities. Insurance
is often needed for prescriptions and follow-up appointments. Therefore, we determined …

Relation of household income to access and adherence to combination sacubitril/valsartan in heart failure: a retrospective analysis of commercially insured patients

AE Johnson, GM Swabe, D Addison… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are influenced
by access and adherence to guideline-directed medical therapy. Our objective was to study …

Trends and outcomes in sepsis hospitalizations with and without atrial fibrillation: a nationwide inpatient analysis

R Desai, B Hanna, S Singh, A Omar… - Critical Care …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Atrial fibrillation is frequently seen in sepsis-related hospitalizations. However,
large-scale contemporary data from the United States comparing outcomes among sepsis …

[HTML][HTML] Fulfillment and validity of the kidney health evaluation measure for people with diabetes

S Ferrè, A Storfer-Isser, K Kinderknecht… - … : Innovations, Quality & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the fulfillment and validity of the kidney health evaluation for people
with diabetes (KED) Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS) measure …