Racial Differences in Cardiac Catheterization as a Function of Patients’ Beliefs
Author(s) -
Nancy R. Kressin,
BeiHung Chang,
Jeff Whittle,
Eric D. Peterson,
Jack A. Clark,
Amy K. Rosen,
Michelle B. Orner,
Tracie C. Collins,
Linda Alley,
Laura A. Petersen
Publication year - 2004
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.94.12.2091
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac catheterization , veterans affairs , coronary artery disease , observational study , demography , prospective cohort study , disease , health care , cohort , gerontology , white (mutation) , racial differences , ethnic group , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , anthropology , economics , gene , economic growth
We examined racial differences in cardiac catheterization rates and reviewed whether patients' beliefs or other variables were associated with observed disparities.
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