Racial and insurance disparities in hospital mortality for children undergoing congenital heart surgery

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1026-1039

  Chan, Titus ^a   Pinto, Nelangi M ^a   Bratton, Susan L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Health services research; Insurance; Mortality; Race; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867871889     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0221-z     Document Type: Article

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