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Caring for Underserved Patients with Heart Failure during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 31, Number 3, August 2020
- pp. 1061-1066
- 10.1353/hpu.2020.0081
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Summary:
COVID-19 places people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease at higher risk for mortality. Furthermore, COVID-19 disproportionately affects minorities and those experiencing adverse consequences of social determinants of health. Our report describes the practices put in place to care for underserved patients with heart failure and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.