Open AccessRacial and ethnic differences in the use of cardiovascular procedures: findings from the California Cooperative Cardiovascular Project
Author(s) -
Earl S. Ford,
Jeffrey Newman,
Kamala Deosaransingh
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.90.7.1128
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , myocardial infarction , cardiac catheterization , angioplasty , cardiology , ethnic group , percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty , coronary artery bypass surgery , artery , sociology , anthropology
This study used data from the California Cooperative Cardiovascular Project to examine the use of invasive and noninvasive cardiovascular procedures among Whites, African Americans, and Hispanics.