Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Referral to Outpatient Heart Failure Management at Hospital Discharge: A Get With The Guidelines Analysis
In the GWTG-HF registry, patients from minoritized racial and ethnic groups, aside from Black patients, were less likely than White patients to be referred to outpatient HF management programs after HF hospitalization. Addressing these differences in referral practices may improve HF outcomes in minoritized communities.
Authors
- Ambarish Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9651-3836)
- Neal W. Dickert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4415-3861)
- Clyde W. Yancy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7271-4166)
- Khadijah Breathett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5397-6419)
- Rebecca Cogswell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5250-1198)
- Ersilia M. DeFilippis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0493-1326)
- Shivani Anil Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0082-5857)
- Gregg C. Fonarow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3192-8093)
- Kaylyn Crawford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7081-9156)
- Yi‐An Ko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-9765)
- Alanna A. Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-3707)
- Xinwei He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4854-7956)
- Maggie Wang
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- University of Minnesota System (US)
- Texas Health Dallas (US)
- Los Angeles Medical Center (US)
- University School (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- Indiana University (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.036900
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.78
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- American Heart Association
- AstraZeneca
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
- Novo Nordisk
- National Institutes of Health
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute