Racial and ethnic disparities in care: The perspectives of cardiologists

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1264-1269

  Lurie, Nicole ^a   Fremont, Allen ^a   Jain, Arvind K ^a   Taylor, Stephanie L ^a   McLaughlin, Rebecca ^a   Peterson, Eric ^b,c   Kong, B Waine ^d   Ferguson Jr , T Bruce ^e,f  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^d Association of Black Cardiologists   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Ethnic groups; Physicians; Public policy; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15244345052     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000157738.12783.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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