Context.—Major teaching hospitals are perceived as being more expensive than other
hospitals and, thus, unattractive to managed care. However, little empirical data exist about …

Background and Purpose—Most analyses of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV
tPA) use for acute stroke in routine practice have been limited by sample size and generally …

Background: The impact of upper endoscopy in patients with upper gastrointestinal
hemorrhage treated in community practice is unknown. Thus we examined the effectiveness …

ContextBlack patients hospitalized with heart failure reportedly receive poorer quality of care
and have worse outcomes than white patients. Because previous studies have been based …

Background—African Americans are more likely to be seen by physicians with less clinical
training or to be treated at hospitals with longer average times to acute reperfusion …

Objectives: Hyperglycemia after cerebral ischemia exacerbates brain injury and worsens the
outcome of stroke patients. The authors sought to examine the effect of glycemic control on …

ContextRacial disparities in health care delivery and outcomes may be due to differences in
health care access and, therefore, may be mitigated in an equal-access health care system …

Race and gender are important determinants of certain clinical outcomes in cardiovascular
disease. To examine the influence of race and gender on care process, resource use, and …

Background We analysed nationwide in‐patient data from 2002 to 2007 to determine
significant demographic variables when predicting mortality and receipt of prompt …

Background. Whereas studies have shown higher mortality rates in patients with do-not-
resuscitate (DNR) orders, most have not accounted for confounding factors related to the …