Racial Trends in the Use of Major Procedures among the Elderly
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- 18 August 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 353 (7) , 683-691
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa050672
Abstract
Differences in the use of major procedures according to patients' race are well known. Whether national and local initiatives to reduce these differences have been successful is unknown.Keywords
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