Racial disparities in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair among male medicare beneficiaries

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 506-510

  Wilson, Chad T ^a,b   Fisher, Elliott ^a   Welch, H Gilbert ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MEN'S HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 44149119829     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.5.506     Document Type: Article

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