Racial disparities in outcomes after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 492-497

  Lad, Shivanand P ^a   Umeano, Odera A ^a   Karikari, Isaac O ^a   Somasundaram, Aravind ^a   Bagley, Carlos A ^a   Gottfried, Oren N ^a   Isaacs, Robert E ^a   Ugiliweneza, Beatrice ^b   Patil, Chirag G ^b   Huang, Kevin ^a   Boakye, Maxwell ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; NTDB; outcomes; race; SCI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876280098     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2540     Document Type: Article

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