American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1682-1686 , 15 June 2009

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Higher and Lower Quality Cardiac Surgeons for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  • Luis R. Castellanos, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California
    • ,
  • Sharon-Lise T. Normand, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 617-432-3455; fax: 617-432-0173

Received 5 December 2008 ,Revised 15 February 2009 ,Accepted 15 February 2009.

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 Dr. Castellanos was funded by the Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, Boston, Massachusetts, and data collection and analysis for this study were supported by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

PII: S0002-9149(09)00601-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.02.019

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1682-1686 , 15 June 2009

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