Explaining racial disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery: The role of hospital quality

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-227

  Rangrass, Govind ^a   Ghaferi, Amir A ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897831077     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4041     Document Type: Article

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