Access to coronary artery bypass surgery by race/ethnicity and gender among patients who are appropriate for surgery

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-77

  Hannan, Edward L ^a,i   Van Ryn, Michelle ^a   Burke, Jane ^a   Stone, Danice ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Arani, Djavad ^b   Pierce, Walter ^c   Rafii, Shahrokh ^d   Sanborn, Timothy A ^e   Sharma, Samin ^f   Slater, James ^g   Debuono, Barbara A ^h  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Bypass surgery; CABG surgery; Race and gender access

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032604608     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199901000-00010     Document Type: Article

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