Disparities in Geographic Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation in Los Angeles County.

ABSTRACT: Background Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is known to reduce morbidity and mortality for patients with cardiac conditions. Sociodemographic disparities in accessing CR persist and could be related to the distance between where patients live and where CR facilities are located. Our objective is to determine the association between sociodemographic characteristics and geographic proximity to CR facilities. Methods and Results We identified actively operating CR facilities across Los Angeles County and used multivariable Poisson regression to examine the association between sociodemographic characteristics of residential proximity to the nearest CR facility. We also calculated the proportion of residents per area lacking geographic proximity to CR facilities across sociodemographi

SUBMITTER: Ebinger JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9683686 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature