2024
Cause-Specific Mortality Rates Among the US Black Population
Arun A, Caraballo C, Sawano M, Lu Y, Khera R, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Cause-Specific Mortality Rates Among the US Black Population. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2436402. PMID: 39348122, PMCID: PMC11443349, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36402.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2015
Racial Disparities in Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery: the Role of Hospital Quality
Khera R, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Rosenthal GE, Girotra S. Racial Disparities in Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery: the Role of Hospital Quality. Current Cardiology Reports 2015, 17: 29. PMID: 25894800, PMCID: PMC4780328, DOI: 10.1007/s11886-015-0587-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac surgeryHospital qualityRacial disparitiesEarly postoperative phaseLow-quality hospitalsWhite patientsPostoperative phasePoor outcomeWorse outcomesExcess mortalityHospital careMinority patientsHigh mortalityPatientsSurgeryHealth conditionsRecent evidenceOutcomesMortalityLong termSocioeconomic backgroundEthnic minoritiesHospitalDisparitiesFactors