Is coronary angiography underused in an inner-city population?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 659-665

  Barnhart, Janice ^a,c   Bernstein, Steven J ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Belfer Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Disparities; Race; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749363284     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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