Racial and Ethnic Differences in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation: Effect Modification by Household Income.

ABSTRACT: Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes. Racial and ethnic differences in CR have been identified, but whether income may attenuate these disparities remains unknown. We evaluated (1) racial/ethnic differences in CR participation in a contemporary sample of insured US adults, and (2) assessed how household income modifies associations between race or ethnicity and CR participation. Methods and Results We identified 107 199 individuals with a CR-qualifying diagnosis between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2018 in Optum's de-identified Clinformatics database. We evaluated associations between race or ethnicity and participation in CR, and assessed interaction between race or ethnicity and annual household income. The mean±SD age of all part

SUBMITTER: Garfein J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9333381 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature