Massachusetts health care reform and reduced racial disparities in minimally invasive surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1116-1122

  Loehrer, Andrew P ^a   Song, Zirui ^b,c   Auchincloss, Hugh G ^a   Hutter, Matthew M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CAUCASIAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMONWEALTH CARE INSURANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890729750     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.2750     Document Type: Conference Paper

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