Trends in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator racial disparity: The importance of geography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-78

  Groeneveld, Peter W ^a,b,f   Heidenreich, Paul A ^c,d   Garber, Alan M ^c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11144244092     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.07.061     Document Type: Article

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