Open AccessCommunity Health Workers Reduce Rehospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Low-Socioeconomic Urban Patients With Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Adam Vohra,
Rhys Chua,
Stephanie A. Besser,
Charina F. Alcain,
Sweta Basnet,
Brenda Battle,
Mitchell J. Coplan,
James K. Liao,
Corey E Tabit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
critical pathways in cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1535-282X
pISSN - 1535-2811
DOI - 10.1097/hpc.0000000000000220
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , socioeconomic status , emergency medicine , health care , medical emergency , propensity score matching , heart failure , family medicine , environmental health , population , nursing , economics , economic growth
Low-socioeconomic, urban, minority patients with heart failure (HF) often have unique barriers to care. Community health workers (CHWs) are specially trained laypeople who serve as liaisons between underserved communities and the health system. It is not known whether CHWs improve outcomes in low-socioeconomic, urban, minority patients with HF.