Impact of a Population Health Management Intervention on Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare systems use population health management programs to improve the quality of cardiovascular disease care. Adding a dedicated population health coordinator (PHC) who identifies and reaches out to patients not meeting cardiovascular care goals to these programs may help reduce disparities in cardiovascular care.

Objective

To determine whether a program that used PHCs decreased racial/ethnic disparities in LDL cholesterol and blood pressure (BP) control.

Design

Retrospective difference-in-difference analysis.

Participants

Twelve thousdand five hundred fifty-five primary care patients with cardiovascular disease (cohort for LDL analysis) and 41,183 with hypertension (cohort for BP analysis).

Intervention

From July 1, 2014-December 31, 20

SUBMITTER: James A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880754 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature