Racial differences in the use of cardiac procedures in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 148-157

  Funk, Marjorie ^a   Ostfeld, Adrian M ^b   Chang, Vicky M ^b   Lee, Forrester A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiography; Racial differences; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREJUDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036581061     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200205000-00003     Document Type: Article

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