Race/ethnic disparity in hypertension-related hospitalization in Florida

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-460

  Hlaing, Wayway M ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HLS II 584 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Ethnicity; Hispanic; Hospitalization; Hypertension; White

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 35349027928     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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