Relationship Between Health Care Team Segregation and Receipt of Care by a Cardiologist According to Patient Race in a Midwestern State.

Background: Segregation index (SI) has been associated with worsened health. However, the relationship between SI within health care teams (degree of heterogeneity between teams caring for Black compared with White patients) and cardiovascular care is unclear among adequately insured populations. We sought to assess the relationship between health care team SI, patient race, receipt of care by a cardiologist, 1-year survival, and 30-day readmission rates for Black compared with White patients admitted with heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or valvular heart disease.

Association between clinician team segregation, receipt of cardiovascular care and outcomes in valvular heart diseases.

Aims: Racial disparities exist in clinical outcomes for valvular heart disease (VHD). It is unknown whether clinician segregation contributes to these disparities. Among an adequately insured population, we evaluated the relationship between clinician segregation in a hospital and receipt of care by a cardiologist according to patient race.

'It's just a very personal thing': contraceptive influences and decision making among women living in Italy.

The purpose of the study was to assess contraceptive knowledge, perceptions and experiences among reproductive-aged women in Italy. As part of a larger mixed-methods study, researchers conducted 46 interviews (June-July 2017) with English-speaking women aged 18-45 living in or near Florence, Italy, who were using the Italian health care system. Researchers used grounded theory to explore women's contraceptive decision making and use.