Racial and ethnic differences in patterns of treatment for acute peripheral arterial disease in the United States, 1998-2006

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Rowe, Vincent L ^a   Weaver, Fred A ^a   Lane, John S ^c   Etzioni, David A ^b  

^a CardioVascular Thoracic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIMB SALVAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77949772072     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.066     Document Type: Article

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