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Impact of race on health care utilization and outcomes in veterans with congestive heart failure

Anita Deswal, MD, MPH^*,*, Nancy J. Petersen, PhD^*, Julianne Souchek, PhD^*, Carol M. Ashton, MD, MPH^* and Nelda P. Wray, MD, MPH

^* Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Houston, Texas, USA
Winters Center for Heart Failure Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Office of Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC., USA

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Number of comorbidities by race in patients with heart failure. p < 0.0005 for comparison of the number of comorbidities by race.

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves by race.