Racial/Ethnic Differences in 30-Day Mortality for Heart Failure and Pneumonia in the Veterans Health Administration Using Claims-based, Clinical, and Social Risk-adjustment Variables.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies have identified lower mortality in Black Veterans compared with White Veterans after hospitalization for common medical conditions, but these studies adjusted for comorbid conditions identified in administrative claims.

Objectives

The objectives of this study were to compare mortality for non-Hispanic White (hereafter, "White"), non-Hispanic Black (hereafter, "Black"), and Hispanic Veterans hospitalized for heart failure (HF) and pneumonia and determine whether observed mortality differences varied according to whether claims-based comorbid conditions and/or clinical variables were included in risk-adjustment models.

Research design

This was an observational study.

Subjects

The study cohort included 143,520 admissions for HF and 127,782

SUBMITTER: Silva GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652730 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature