Racial disparities in the use of blood transfusion in major surgery

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Qian, Feng ^a   Eaton, Michael P ^b   Lustik, Stewart J ^b   Hohmann, Samuel F ^c,d   Diachun, Carol B ^b   Pasternak, Robert ^b   Wissler, Richard N ^b   Glance, Laurent G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUCASIAN; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLECTOMY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899475660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-121     Document Type: Article

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