Determinants of racial and ethnic disparities in surgical care

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-515

  Ayanian, John Z ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LANGUAGE; PATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41049090969     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9344-4     Document Type: Article

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