Disparities in sepsis: What do we understand?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 958-960

  Berkowitz, David M ^a   Martin, Greg S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CODING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947168445     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000257226.48893.02     Document Type: Editorial

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