Almost half of US counties have no cardiologists despite higher prevalence of CV risk factors, mortality

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Analysis finds almost half of US counties have no cardiologists despite higher prevalence of CV risk factors, mortality

Disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes between urban and rural areas continue to widen, yet nearly half of U.S. counties do not have a practicing cardiologist. According to an analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), these counties tend to be more rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged, with a greater burden of cardiovascular disease, thus highlighting deep geographic disparity in access to card…