Racial disparities in intensity of care at the end-of-life: Are trauma patients the same as the rest?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 857-874

  Cooper, Zara ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^b   Wang, Jin ^b   Mackenzie, Ellen J ^c   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Racial disparities; Treatment preferences

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84860459263     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0064     Document Type: Article

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