Racial disparities in access to cardiac rehabilitation

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 705-710

  Gregory, Patricia C ^a,c   Laveist, Thomas A ^b   Simpson, Crystal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Disparity; Race; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747748232     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000233181.34999.3d     Document Type: Article

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