Title | Increased Black-White disparities in mortality after the introduction of lifesaving innovations: a possible consequence of US federal laws. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Levine, Robert S., George S. Rust, Maria Pisu, Vincent Agboto, Peter A. Baltrus, Nathaniel C. Briggs, Roger Zoorob, Paul Juarez, Pamela C. Hull, Irwin Goldzweig, and Charles H. Hennekens |
Journal | American journal of public health |
Volume | 100 |
Issue | 11 |
Pagination | 2176-84 |
Date Published | 2010 Nov |
ISSN | 1541-0048 |
Keywords | Adolescent, Adult, African Continental Ancestry Group, Age Factors, Aged, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Breast Neoplasms, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Health Status Disparities, HIV Infections, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Mammography, Medicare, Middle Aged, Mortality, Pulmonary Surfactants, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn, Sex Factors, United States, Young Adult |
Abstract | We explored whether the introduction of 3 lifesaving innovations introduced between 1989 and 1996 increased, decreased, or had no effect on disparities in Black-White mortality in the United States through 2006. |
DOI | 10.1007/s11606-010-1323-z |
Alternate Journal | Am J Public Health |