Race/ethnic disparities in utilization of lifesaving technologies by medicare ischemic heart disease beneficiaries

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 330-337

  Cromwell, Jerry ^a   McCall, Nancy T ^a   Burton, Joseph ^a   Urato, Carol ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly ischemic heart disease; Minority hospital access and mortality; Minority hospital choice; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 17144399991     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000156864.80880.aa     Document Type: Article

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