Racial and gender differences in use of procedures for black and white hospitalized adults

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-105

  Harris, D Robert ^a,d   Andrews, Roxanne ^b,d   Elixhauser, Anne ^c,d  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development   (United States)

^c UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Gender Differences; Procedure Utilization; Racial Differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031089009     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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