Referrals to high-quality cardiac surgeons: Patients' race and characteristics of their physicians

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4 I, 2006, Pages 1276-1295

  Mukamel, Dana B ^a   Weimer, David L ^b   Mushlin, Alvin I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; Quality; Racial disparities; Referral to specialists; Risk adjusted mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; SURGEON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746372943     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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