Changes in racial disparities in access to coronary artery bypass grafting surgery between the late 1990s and early 2000s

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 664-671

  Mukamel, Dana B ^a   Weimer, David L ^b   Buchmueller, Thomas C ^c   Ladd, Heather ^a   Mushlin, Alvin I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; Quality of care; Racial disparities; Risk adjusted mortality rates; Trends

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEW YORK; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250698064     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3180325b81     Document Type: Article

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