Race and timeliness of transfer for revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 662-667

  Cooke, Colin R ^a,b,f   Nallamouthu, Brahmajee ^b   Kahn, Jeremy M ^c,d   Birkmeyer, John D ^b,e   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; critical care; Healthcare disparities; patient transfer; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959554472     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31821d98b2     Document Type: Article

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