Early results of massachusetts healthcare reform on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular care

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 2528-2538

  Albert, Michelle A ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b,e   Silbaugh, Treacy S ^d   Lovett, Ann ^b   Resnic, Fred ^a,c   Jacobs, Aryana ^f   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary; Ethnicity; Gender; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS;

CORONARY; ETHNICITY; GENDER; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902549522     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005231     Document Type: Article

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