Separate but not equal: The consequences of segregated health care

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2582-2584

  Kressin, Nancy R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Race; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27444443511     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.577635     Document Type: Editorial

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