Achieving Health Equity by Normalizing Cardiac Care

Purpose: It is well known that minority patients, and particularly African Americans undergo lower rates of cardiac procedures than the white population, even when covered by equivalent insurance. Methods: We analyzed the rates of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for acute myoca...

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Main Authors: Cheryl Pegus, Ian Duncan, Judy Greener, Juan F. Granada, Tamim Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2019-02-01
Series:Health Equity
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Online Access:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2018.0067