Racial and ethnic disparities in mortality following congenital heart surgery

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-328

  Benavidez, O J ^a   Gauvreau, K ^a   Jenkins, K J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart surgery; Disparities outcomes

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744783396     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-7121-4     Document Type: Article

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