Functional status outcomes among white and African-American cardiac patients in an equal access system

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-425

  Kressin, Nancy R ^a,b   Glickman, Mark E ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Whittle, Jeff ^d,e   Orner, Michelle B ^a   Petersen, Laura A ^a,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BAYES THEOREM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847342504     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.11.019     Document Type: Article

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