The socio-geography of heart failure: why it matters

Editorial

Nakela L Cook et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2011 May.

. 2011 May;4(3):244-5.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.962191.

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Patterns of care and outcomes differ for urban versus rural patients with newly diagnosed heart failure, even in a universal healthcare system.
Gamble JM, Eurich DT, Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P, Quan H, McAlister FA. Gamble JM, et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2011 May;4(3):317-23. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.959262. Epub 2011 Mar 23. Circ Heart Fail. 2011. PMID: 21430285
Socioeconomic status, Medicaid coverage, clinical comorbidity, and rehospitalization or death after an incident heart failure hospitalization: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort (1987 to 2004).
Foraker RE, Rose KM, Suchindran CM, Chang PP, McNeill AM, Rosamond WD. Foraker RE, et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2011 May;4(3):308-16. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.959031. Epub 2011 Mar 23. Circ Heart Fail. 2011. PMID: 21430286 Free PMC article.