Comorbid disease and the effect of race and ethnicity on in-hospital mortality from aspiration pneumonia

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1462-1469

  Oliver, M Norman ^a,e   Stukenborg, George J ^a   Wagner, Douglas P ^a   Harrell Jr , Frank E ^b   Kilbridge, Kerry L ^a   Lyman, Jason A ^a   Einbinder, Jonathan ^c   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Mortality; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 8344259861     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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