Financial resources, access to care, and quality of care mediate racial disparities in statin usage for secondary prevention
The indirect effect of race and ethnicity on statin therapy are significant but the direct effect of race and ethnicity on statin therapy are insignificant among Blacks and Hispanics compared to non-Hispanic Whites. This suggests that racial disparities in statin therapy are mediated through inequitably distributed resources, suggestive of the impact of structural racism.
Authors
- Robert O. Roswell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4358-6534)
- Joseph Conigliaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6273-4024)
- Lyndonna Marrast (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7217-0912)
- Christopher Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-3859)
- Rehana Rasul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7322-7770)
- Ratnam Srivastava
- Jeffrey T. Kuvin
- Eun Ji Kim
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Hofstra University (US)
- City University of New York (US)
- Lenox Hill Hospital (US)
- Johnson University (US)
- Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311724
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.62