Insurance but not race is associated with diverticulitis mortality in a statewide database

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 559-565

  Ho, Vanessa P ^a   Nash, Garrett M ^a,b   Feldman, Evan N ^a   Trencheva, Koiana ^a   Milsom, Jeffrey W ^a   Lee, Sang W ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Diverticulitis; Health care outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COLOSTOMY; COMMUNITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; RACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79958015747     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31820d188f     Document Type: Article

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