Geographic Disparities in Availability of Hospital-Based Cardiac Services Across the United States

Date
12/2024
Journal
Circulation
Description

This project examined geographic disparities in the availability of essential cardiac care in counties across the United States. Data from the 2020 American Hospital Association annual survey and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Provider of Services File was used to determine availability of cardiology, interventional catheterization, or diagnostic catheterization services.

Center
Rural and Minority Health Research Center
Authors
Gabriel Benavidez, Shanikque Blackwell, Peiyin Hung, Elizabeth Crouch