Race, quality of care, and outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure
SS Rathore, JAM Foody, Y Wang, GL Smith, J Herrin… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
ContextBlack patients hospitalized with heart failure reportedly receive poorer quality of care
and have worse outcomes than white patients. Because previous studies have been based
on selected patient populations treated more than a decade ago, it is unclear if racial
differences in quality of care and outcomes currently exist in the United States. ObjectiveTo
evaluate differences in quality of care and patient outcomes between black and white
Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure. DesignRetrospective analysis of …
and have worse outcomes than white patients. Because previous studies have been based
on selected patient populations treated more than a decade ago, it is unclear if racial
differences in quality of care and outcomes currently exist in the United States. ObjectiveTo
evaluate differences in quality of care and patient outcomes between black and white
Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure. DesignRetrospective analysis of …