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- Title
Is thirty-day hospital mortality really lower for black veterans compared with white veterans?
- Authors
Volpp, Kevin G; Stone, Roslyn; Lave, Judith R; Jha, Ashish K; Pauly, Mark; Klusaritz, Heather; Chen, Huanyu; Cen, Liyi; Brucker, Nancy; Polsky, Daniel
- Abstract
To examine the source of observed lower risk-adjusted mortality for blacks than whites within the Veterans Affairs (VA) system by accounting for hospital site where treated, potential under-reporting of black deaths, discretion on hospital admission, quality improvement efforts, and interactions by age group.
- Publication
Health services research, 2007, Vol 42, Issue 4, p1613
- ISSN
0017-9124
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00688.x