Said A Ibrahim

..There is a marked difference between black patients and white patients in the utilization of joint replacement therapy. The reasons behind this disparity remain unknown...

..There are few published race/ethnicity-specific data on joint arthroplasty outcomes. The present study was undertaken to examine racial/ethnic differences in mortality and morbidity following elective knee or hip arthroplasty...

..We examined whether patient descriptions of chronic pain vary by ethnicity and if they correlate with important clinical measures used in arthritis care...

..Racial and gender differences in mortality rates have been reported for patients with systolic heart failure. Relatively little is known regarding diastolic heart failure prognosis...

..We sought to determine whether African American patients differ from white patients in their "willingness" to consider joint replacement and to determine the factors that influence this relationship...

..121, P = 0.004) was negatively correlated with overall QOL ratings. How ethnic variations in perceptions of QOL impact observed ethnic disparity in the utilization of joint replacement therapy needs further investigation...

..African Americans undergo joint replacement less often than do white persons. The authors studied African-American perceptions and preferences for the care of knee and hip pain...

..We used a large statewide database to compare 30-day mortality (defined as death within 30 days from the date of latest hospital admission) for Black and White patients who were hospitalized because of pulmonary embolism...

..The impact of patients' perceptions of discrimination in healthcare on patient-provider interactions is unknown...

..We compared 30-day mortality for men and women hospitalized with PE using a large statewide database...

..We examined the relationship between patients' demographic characteristics and arthritis-specific beliefs related to aging...

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..To examine the independent effects of race/ethnicity and insurance status on desire for tubal sterilization reversal...

..This study examined the prevalence of such discrimination, and its association with health status, for the 3 largest race/ethnic groups in the United States...

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..Examine whether three measures of perceived racial discrimination in health care detect similar rates of discrimination and show similar associations with patients' healthcare experiences...

..To examine whether the observed difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women is dependent on racial/ethnic differences in vasectomy rates...

..Further investigation of the role this coping strategy has on the decision making process for total joint arthroplasty should be explored...

..Disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy may help explain observed racial/ethnic differences in sterilization, but this association has not been investigated...

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..We compared rates of perceived racial discrimination in health care settings for veteran and nonveteran patients and for veterans who used the Veterans Affairs health care system and those who did not...

..To examine the relationship between perceived discrimination and preventive health care utilization...

..Perception of helpfulness of prayer may be an important explanatory variable in the relationship between ethnicity and patients' decision in considering arthroplasty...

..In the management of acute pulmonary embolism, the prevalence of thrombolytic therapy is uncertain, and its benefits compared with standard anticoagulation remain a subject of debate...

..African-American women have had higher rates of female sterilization compared to white women since its emergence as a contraceptive method. The reasons underlying this observed racial difference are unknown...

..The extent to which racial/ethnic disparities in pneumonia care occur within or between hospitals is unclear...

..We sought to examine whether physician recommendations for cardiac revascularization vary according to patient race...

..The goal of this study was to measure these differences using a well-validated survey instrument and to determine if the differences could be explained by racial variation in disease severity, socioeconomic factors, literacy, or trust...

..97 (0.83 to 1.14) and 1.00 (0.79 to 1.27), respectively. CONCLUSION: Among patients potentially at risk for the procedure, men and women in the VA system were equally likely to undergo knee/hip arthroplasty...

..To examine the independent effects of race or ethnicity and insurance status on use of tubal sterilization rates...

..We examined hospital- and patient-related factors associated with discharge against medical advice (termed self-discharge) after emergency admission to acute-care hospitals...

..African-American (AA) women have higher rates of obesity and obesity-related diseases but are less likely than other women to undergo bariatric surgery or have success with conventional weight loss methods...

..For patients with pulmonary embolism, the relation between the number of patients treated in a hospital (volume) and patient outcome is unknown...

..For this community "cancer" represents a giant screen upon which individual fears and societal ethnic, political, and economic tensions are projected...

..CONCLUSION: African-American patients reported having only VA insurance more often than white patients. Other aspects of perceived system and provider-based factors were similar between groups...

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..To identify reasons for lower organ donation rates by African Americans, we examined knowledge and attitudes about brain death, donation, and transplantation and trust in the health care system...

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..Ethnic differences in utilization of joint replacement may reflect differences in the perception of symptoms of OA...

..Limited data exist on the quality of care for patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), and it is unknown whether the processes and outcomes of care for this illness differ between African Americans and whites...

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