Disparities in deep brain stimulation surgery among insured elders with Parkinson disease

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-171

  Willis, Allison W ^a   Schootman, Mario ^c   Kung, Nathan ^b   Wang, Xiao Yu ^a   Perlmutter, Joel S ^b   Racette, Brad A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BREAST CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRANIOTOMY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICARE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84895733241     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000017     Document Type: Article

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