Place of Residence and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure
Bikdeli B, Wayda B, Bao H, Ross JS, Xu X, Chaudhry SI, Spertus JA, Bernheim SM, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM. Place of Residence and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 749-756. PMID: 25074375, PMCID: PMC5323058, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.113.000911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusIndividual socioeconomic statusOutcomes of patientsHeart failureHigher SES neighborhoodsSocioeconomic statusClinical factorsHeart Failure Outcomes trialPrimary end pointPatient-level factorsUS internal medicineCause mortalityCause readmissionMultivariable adjustmentOutcome trialsMedical chartsPatient interviewsLow-SES neighborhoodsCardiology practiceMortality ratePatientsPlace of residenceInternal medicineReadmissionEnd point