Ethnic Disparities in End-of-Life Care After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 423-428

  Choi, H Alex ^a   Fernandez, Andres ^b   Jeon, Sang Beom ^a,c   Schmidt, J Michael ^b   Connolly, E Sander ^b   Mayer, Stephan A ^d   Claassen, Jan ^b   Badjatia, Neeraj ^e   Prager, Kenneth M ^b   Lee, Kiwon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Ethnic disparities; Hospice; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84939961865     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-0073-x     Document Type: Article

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