Treatment and outcomes for congestive heart failure by race/ethnicity in TRICARE

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-495

  Bagchi, Ann D ^a   Stewart, Kate ^a   McLaughlin, Catherine ^a   Higgins, Patricia ^a   Croghan, Thomas ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

congestive heart failure; disparities; potentially avoidable hospitalization; TRICARE

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954790651     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318207ef87     Document Type: Article

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