Racial differences in hospital use after acute myocardial infarction: Does residential segregation play a role?

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sarrazin, Mary Vaughan ^a   Campbell, Mary ^b   Rosenthal, Gary E ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIVIL RIGHTS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POPULATION DENSITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 66149174789     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.w368     Document Type: Article

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