Trends in racial disparities among the elderly for selected procedures

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 617-637

  Basu, Jayasree ^a   Mobley, Lee R ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; Elderly; Hip joint replacement; PTCA; Racial disparities; Referral sensitive procedures

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649100571     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558708318284     Document Type: Article

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