Racial and Ethnic Minorities
The Evidence
Human Perspectives
Addressing Disparities: Action Points
Electronic Library
Resources
Acknowledgments
   
THE EVIDENCE (4 OF 6)


African Americans are less likely than Caucasians to receive heart surgery.

Peterson ED, Shaw LK, DeLong ER, Pryor DB, Califf RM and Mark DB. Racial variation in the use of coronary-revascularization procedures. New England Journal of Medicine 1997; 336:480-86.

 
     

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