Community-level Economic Distress, Race, and Risk of Adverse Outcomes Following Heart Failure Hospitalization among Medicare Beneficiaries

Background: Socioeconomic disadvantage is a strong determinant of adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). However, the contribution of community-level economic distress to adverse outcomes in HF may differ across races. Methods: Patients of self-reported Black, White, and Hispanic race/ethnicity hospitalized with HF between 2014 and 2019 were identified from the 100% CMS MedPAR database. We used patient-level residential zip code...