Racial and ethnic disparities in care: The perspectives of cardiovascular surgeons

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 531-536

  Taylor, Stephanie L ^a   Fremont, Allen ^b   Jain, Arvind K ^b   McLaughlin, Rebecca ^b   Peterson, Eric ^b   Ferguson Jr , T Bruce ^b   Lurie, Nicole ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGEON;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 31044439679     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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