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Black Patients More Likely to be Admitted to Hospitals With Lowest Survival Rates, Penn Study Shows

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Black cardiac arrest victims are more likely to die when they’re treated in hospitals that care for a large black population than when they’re brought to hospitals with a greater proportion of white patients, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The study is published in the April issue of the American Heart Journal.

Read the complete post at http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2011/04/black-populations-cardiac-arrest-survival/


Posted Apr 29 2011, 03:00 PM by Penn Medicine News
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