Thursday, February 9, 2012

Health Care System Flaws And Lack Of Private Insurance Contribute To Higher Deaths Among Black Heart Transplant Patients

Health Care System Flaws And Lack Of Private Insurance Contribute To Higher Deaths Among Black Heart Transplant Patients
Transplant surgeons at Johns Hopkins who have reviewed the medical records of more than 20,000 heart transplant patients say that it is not simply racial differences, but rather flaws in the health care system, along with type of insurance and education levels, in addition to biological factors, that are likely the causes of disproportionately worse outcomes after heart transplantation in …

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