Health Equity

Does Health Inequity Begin at Home?

Abstract: In this issue of JAMA Cardiology, Berman and colleagues examined data from 2 major academic hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, and found that despite receiving initial care in the same facilities, individuals who lived in poor neighborhoods had strikingly higher cardiovascular mortality after a myocardial infarction than did individuals who lived in more affluent neighborhoods.

Publication: JAMA

Date Published: May 19, 2021

Author(s): Edward P. Havranek, MD

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