Within‐Physician Differences in Patient Sharing Between Primary Care Physicians and Cardiologists Who Treat White and Black Patients With Heart Disease

Within‐Physician Differences in Patient Sharing Between Primary Care Physicians and Cardiologists Who Treat White and Black Patients With Heart Disease

Background Black‐White disparities in heart disease treatment may be attributable to differences in physician referral networks. We mapped physician networks for Medicare patients and examined within‐physician Black‐White differences in patient sharing between primary care physicians and cardiologis...

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Main Authors: Luke J. Matthews, Cheryl L. Damberg, Shiyuan Zhang, Jose J. Escarce, C. Ben Gibson, Megan Schuler, Ioana Popescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiology referrals
Medicare
patient sharing
physician networks
racial disparities
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.030653

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