Unequal treatment: Report of the institute of medicine on racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Nelson, Alan R ^a,b  

^a IOM Comm Understanding/E   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOLOGY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141450728     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01205-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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