Socioeconomic status and heart failure in Sydney

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dc.contributor.authorClose, G.R.
dc.contributor.authorNewton, P.J.
dc.contributor.authorFung, S.C.
dc.contributor.authorDenniss, A.R.
dc.contributor.authorHalcomb, E.J.
dc.contributor.authorKovoor, P.
dc.contributor.authorStewart, S.
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, P.M.
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionOnline published-ahead-of-print 27 November 2013
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with an increased risk of developing heart failure and with inferior health outcomes following diagnosis. METHODS: Data for hospitalisations and deaths due to heart failure in the Sydney metropolitan region were extracted from New South Wales hospital records and Australian Bureau of Statistics databases for 1999-2003. Standardised rates were analysed according to patients' residential local government area and correlated with an index of socioeconomic disadvantage. RESULTS: Eight of the 13 local government areas with standardised separation rate ratios significantly higher than all NSW, and those with the six highest standardised separation rate ratios, were in Greater Western Sydney. Rates of heart failure hospitalisations per local government area were inversely correlated with level of socioeconomic status. CONCLUSIONS: Higher rates of heart failure hospitalisations among residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged regions within Sydney highlight the need for strategies to lessen the impact of disadvantage and strategies to improve cardiovascular health.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityGlenn R. Close, Phillip J. Newton, Simon C. Fung, A. Robert Denniss, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Pramesh Kovoor, Simon Stewart, Patricia M. Davidson
dc.identifier.citationHeart Lung and Circulation, 2014; 23(4):320-324
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.hlc.2013.10.056
dc.identifier.issn1443-9506
dc.identifier.issn1444-2892
dc.identifier.orcidStewart, S. [0000-0001-9032-8998]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/112835
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/219452
dc.rights© 2014 Published by Elsevier Inc on behalf of Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.10.056
dc.subjectSocioeconomic factors
dc.subjectHealth status
dc.subjectHeart disparities
dc.subjectHeart failure
dc.subjectSydney
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.titleSocioeconomic status and heart failure in Sydney
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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