Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of cardiovascular procedures: Associations with type of health insurance

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 263-267

  Carlisle, David M ^a,b   Leake, Barbara D ^a   Shapiro, Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030948149     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.2.263     Document Type: Article

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