Quality report cards, selection of cardiac surgeons, and racial disparities: A study of the publication of the New York State Cardiac Surgery Reports

Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-446

  Mukamel, Dana B ^a,b   Weimer, David L ^c   Zwanziger, Jack ^d   Gorthy, Shih Fang Huang ^e   Mushlin, Alvin I ^f  

^a PNM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Quinetix LLC ^*

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; PUBLICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGEON;

EID: 15344342131     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_41.4.435     Document Type: Article

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