Racial and socioeconomic disparities in incidence of hospital-acquired complications following cerebrovascular procedures

Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-50

  Wen, Timothy ^a   Attenello, Frank J ^a   He, Shuhan ^a   Cen, Yong ^a   Kim Tenser, May A ^a   Sanossian, Nerses ^a   Amar, Arun P ^a   Mack, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Health disparities; Hospital performance; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902811479     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000352     Document Type: Article

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