Disparities of care for african-americans and caucasians with community-acquired pneumonia: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Frei, Christopher R ^a,b   Mortensen, Eric M ^b,c   Copeland, Laurel A ^b,c   Attridge, Russell T ^a,b   Pugh, Mary Jo V ^b,c   Restrepo, Marcos I ^b,c   Anzueto, Antonio ^b,c   Nakashima, Brandy ^b,c   Fine, Michael J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 77952738565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-143     Document Type: Article

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