Differences between hispanics and non-hispanic whites in use of hospital procedures for cerebrovascular disease

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-37

  Elixhauser, Anne ^a   Weinick, Robin M ^a   Betancourt, Joseph R ^a   Andrews, Roxanne M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Cerebrovascular disorders; Ethnic groups; Health services utilization; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; THERAPEUTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036253884     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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