Racial and ethnic differences in mortality in children awaiting heart transplant in the United States

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2808-2815

  Singh, T P ^a   Gauvreau, K ^a,b   Thiagarajan, R ^a   Blume, E D ^a   Piercey, G ^a   Almond, C S ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Pediatrics; Race; Racial and ethnic disparities; Waiting list; Waiting list mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD GROUP; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 72449212257     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02852.x     Document Type: Article

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