Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Mitigating Health Disparities Across the Lifespan in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Mitigating Health Disparities Across the Lifespan in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Despite the overall improvement in life expectancy of patients living with congenital heart disease (congenital HD), disparities in morbidity and mortality remain throughout the lifespan. Longstanding systemic inequities, disparities in the social determinants of health, and the inability to obtain...

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Main Authors: Keila N. Lopez, Carissa Baker‐Smith, Glenn Flores, Michelle Gurvitz, Tara Karamlou, Flora Nunez Gallegos, Sara Pasquali, Angira Patel, Jennifer K. Peterson, Jason L. Salemi, Clyde Yancy, Shabnam Peyvandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
AHA Scientific Statements
health inequities
heart defects
congenital
social determinants of health
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.025358

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