Racial differences in cardiac revascularization rates: Does "overuse" explain higher rates among white patients?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 328-337

  Schneider, E C ^a   Leape, L L ^a   Weissman, J S ^a   Piana, R N ^a   Gatsonis, C ^a   Epstein, A M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035806984     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00009     Document Type: Article

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