Ethnicity and insurance status affect health disparities in patients with gallstone disease

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Freeman, Jennifer ^a   Boomer, Laura ^a   Fursevich, Dzmitry ^a   Feliz, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; gallstone disease; health care disparities; insurance

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEVADA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84860329617     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.06.064     Document Type: Article

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