The association between patient race, treatment, and outcomes of patients undergoing contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2)

The aim of this study was to examine if racial disparities exist in the treatment and outcomes of patients undergoing contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined the association between race, process of care, and outcomes of patients undergoing PCI between January 1, 2010, and...

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Published in:	The American heart journal Vol. 165; no. 6; pp. 893 - 901.e2
Main Authors:	Khambatta, Sherezade, Seth, Milan, Rosman, Howard S., Share, David, Aronow, Herbert D., Moscucci, Mauro, LaLonde, Thomas, Dixon, Simon R., Gurm, Hitinder S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Mosby, Inc 01.06.2013 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	African Americans Aged Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans Cardiovascular Cardiovascular disease Clinical outcomes Continental Population Groups Coronary Artery Disease - economics Coronary Artery Disease - ethnology Coronary Artery Disease - surgery Coronary vessels European Continental Ancestry Group Female Follow-Up Studies Heart attacks Heart failure Humans Hypotheses Logistics Male Michigan - epidemiology Middle Aged Morbidity - trends Mortality Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - economics Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - methods Propensity Score Registries Retrospective Studies Socioeconomic factors Survival Rate - trends Variables Michigan
ISSN:	0002-8703, 1097-6744, 1097-6744
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