Effects of race and health insurance on the rates of pacemaker implantation for complete heart block in the United States.
Although indicated for adults with complete heart block, pacemaker implantation is not always practiced. There are gross discrepancies by race, type of health insurance coverage, and size of hospital of admission in the utilization of pacemakers.
Hreybe
Haitham
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Saba
Samir
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D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data