Disparities in obstructive sleep apnea and its management between a minority-serving institution and a voluntary hospital

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Greenberg, Harly ^a   Fleischman, Jean ^b   Gouda, Hossam E ^a   De La Cruz, Angel E ^a   Lopez, Ricardo ^b   Mrejen, Karen ^b   Web, Anna ^b   Feinsilver, Steven ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Sleep apnea; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APNEA; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 12344292653     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-860895     Document Type: Review

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