Racial and ethnic disparities in the surgical treatment of acute myocardial infarction: The role of hospital and physician effects

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 287-309

  He, Daifeng ^a   Mellor, Jennifer M ^a   Jankowitz, Eytan ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Edgeworth Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; cardiac care; disparities; hospital; physician; race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PTCA CATHETER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CARDIAC CARE; DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; RACE AND ETHNICITY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877836096     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558712468490     Document Type: Article

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