Differences in admitting hospital characteristics for black and white medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2710-2716

  Popescu, Ioana ^a   Cram, Peter ^b,c   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

health services availability; healthcare disparities; hospitals; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVASCULARIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959542946     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.973628     Document Type: Article

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