Low-income adults less likely to receive preventive heart disease care

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/aha-lal051120.php

News Release 15-May-2020
American Heart Association


Low-income adults in the United States were significantly less likely to be screened for cardiovascular disease (CVD) or receive counseling for CVD risk factors, according to research presented today at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care & Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2020. The virtual conference, to be held May 15-16, is a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, health care professionals and policymakers.

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