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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Socioeconomic status and heart failure in Sydney |
Author: | Close, G.R. Newton, P.J. Fung, S.C. Denniss, A.R. Halcomb, E.J. Kovoor, P. Stewart, S. Davidson, P.M. |
Citation: | Heart Lung and Circulation, 2014; 23(4):320-324 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 1443-9506 1444-2892 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Glenn R. Close, Phillip J. Newton, Simon C. Fung, A. Robert Denniss, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Pramesh Kovoor, Simon Stewart, Patricia M. Davidson |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with an increased risk of developing heart failure and with inferior health outcomes following diagnosis. METHODS: Data for hospitalisations and deaths due to heart failure in the Sydney metropolitan region were extracted from New South Wales hospital records and Australian Bureau of Statistics databases for 1999-2003. Standardised rates were analysed according to patients' residential local government area and correlated with an index of socioeconomic disadvantage. RESULTS: Eight of the 13 local government areas with standardised separation rate ratios significantly higher than all NSW, and those with the six highest standardised separation rate ratios, were in Greater Western Sydney. Rates of heart failure hospitalisations per local government area were inversely correlated with level of socioeconomic status. CONCLUSIONS: Higher rates of heart failure hospitalisations among residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged regions within Sydney highlight the need for strategies to lessen the impact of disadvantage and strategies to improve cardiovascular health. |
Keywords: | Socioeconomic factors Health status Heart disparities Heart failure Sydney Australia |
Description: | Online published-ahead-of-print 27 November 2013 |
Rights: | © 2014 Published by Elsevier Inc on behalf of Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.10.056 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/219452 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.10.056 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Medicine publications |
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