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Widening Our Focus: Characterizing Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in Congenital Heart Disease

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Submitted by

Christopher Anderson

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.008

Author(s)

Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc; Jesse L. Hawke, PhD; Farhan Zafar, MD, MS; Mahendra Kafle, MS; James S. Tweddell, MD; Hani K. Najm, MD, MSc; James R. Frebis, MBA; Roosevelt G. Bryant III, MD

Socioeconomic and racial (SER) disparities among patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) can limit access to high-quality care. We characterized the national SER landscape and its relationship to early outcomes and identified interactions among determinants mitigating adverse outcome.