Key result
Cardiovascular disparities persist along race, gender, and socioeconomic lines, requiring targeted research and policy changes.
Why the study?
Knowledge and research gaps remain among cardiologists regarding the scope of healthcare disparities across race, gender, and socioeconomic status and how to solve them.
Highlights the persistent healthcare disparities in cardiovascular medicine and calls for increased awareness, targeted research, and public policy changes to address social determinants of health.
May warrant screening for social determinants in CV care; leaves open effective equity interventions.
There are significant healthcare disparities in cardiovascular medicine that represent a challenge for cardiologists and healthcare policy-makers who wish to provide equitable care. Disparities exist in both the management and outcomes of hypertension, coronary artery disease and its sequelae, and heart failure. These disparities are present along the lines of race, gender, and socioeconomic status. Despite recent efforts to reduce disparity, there are knowledge and research gaps among cardiologists with regards to both the scope of the problem and how to solve it. Solutions include increasing awareness of disparities in cardiovascular health, increasing research for optimal treatment of underserved communities, and public policy changes that reduce disparities in social determinants of health.
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Fishkin et al. (2022) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Healthcare disparities in cardiovascular medicine exist along race, gender, and socioeconomic lines, requiring increased awareness, targeted research, and public policy changes to achieve equity.
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