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Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Guidance for Designing a National Healthcare Disparities Report; Swift EK, editor. Guidance for the National Healthcare Disparities Report. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2002.

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TABLE 2–6Racial Variations in Cardiac Procedures Following Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), 1988–1990

Procedure Utilization within 90 Days of AMINumber of Patients% of Patients with Surgery
WhiteBlackWhiteBlack
Total29,1194,522
Cardiac Catherization10,7451,52436.933.7
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)2,7952319.65.1
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)1,8051906.24.2
Any Revascularization4,45540615.39.0

SOURCE: (Peterson et al., 1994).

From: 2, MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON HEALTH CARE

Copyright 2002 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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