Differential association of race with treatment and outcomes in medicare patients undergoing diverticulitis surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1272-1276

  Schneider, Eric B ^a   Haider, Adil ^a,b   Sheer, Amy J ^a,b   Hambridge, Hali L ^a,b   Chang, David C ^c   Segal, Jodi B ^a,b   Wu, Albert W ^a,b   Lidor, Anne O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855206216     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.280     Document Type: Article

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