Cheryl L Raskind-Hood, Vijaya Kancherla, Lindsey C Ivey, Fred H Rodriguez, Anaclare M Sullivan, George K Lui, Lorenzo Botto, Marcia Feldkamp, Jennifer S Li, Alfred D'Ottavio, Sherry L Farr, Jill Glidewell, Wendy M Book
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic factors may lead to a disproportionate impact on health care usage and death among individuals with congenital heart defects (CHD) by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors. How neighborhood poverty affects racial and ethnic disparities in health care usage and death among individuals with CHD across the life span is not well described. METHODS AND RESULTS: Individuals aged 1 to 64 years, with at least 1 CHD-related International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification ( ICD-9-CM ) code were identified from health care encounters between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2013, from 4 US sites...
May 23, 2024: Journal of the American Heart Association