Race and Sex Differences in Rates of Invasive Cardiac Procedures in US Hospitals: Data From the National Hospital Discharge Survey

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 318-324

  Giles, Wayne H ^a   Anda, Robert F ^a   Casper, Michele L ^a   Escobedo, Luis G ^a   Taylor, Herman A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALES; MALES; NATIONAL HOSPITAL DISCHARGE SURVEY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLACKS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0028830660     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430030116013     Document Type: Article

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