While overall heart failure hospitalization rates have declined over the past decade, significant disparities remain, highlighting the need for targeted population health interventions, particularly for Black patients.
National HF hospitalization rates have decreased steadily during the recent decade. Disparities in HF burden and hospital utilization by sex and race/ethnicity persist. Significant population health interventions are needed to reduce the HF hospitalization burden among blacks. An evaluation of factors explaining the improvements in the HF hospitalization rates among Hispanics and Asian/Pacific Islanders is needed.
Ziaeian et al. (2017) studied this question.