Black Patients More Likely Than Whites To Undergo Surgery At Low-Quality Hospitals In Segregated Regions
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- 1 June 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Health Affairs Publishing, LLC in Health Affairs
- Vol. 32 (6) , 1046-1053
Abstract
Research has shown that black patients more frequently undergo surgery at low-quality hospitals than do white patients. We assessed the extent to which living in racially segregated areas and livin...Keywords
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