Racial disparity in surgical complications in New York State

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-155

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a,c   Franks, Peter ^b   Meldrum, Sean ^a   Barnett, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; NEGRO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22744433682     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000171031.08435.b9     Document Type: Article

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