Why the study?
Do patient beliefs or race affect cardiac catheterization rates in patients with reversible cardiac ischemia?
Do patient beliefs or race affect cardiac catheterization rates in patients with reversible cardiac ischemia?
Racial disparities in cardiac catheterization rates among VA patients with reversible ischemia are not explained by patient preferences or beliefs, but rather by physicians' clinical assessments.
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Physician assessments may drive catheterization disparities; leaves open mechanisms and equity interventions for prospective study.
Kressin et al. (2004) studied this question.
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