Trends in the utilization of high-volume hospitals by minority and underinsured surgical patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-538

  Scarborough, John E ^a   Bennett, Kyla M ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Kuo, Paul C ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PANCREAS RESECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MINORITY GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953517913     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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