Lack of private insurance contributes to higher deaths among black heart transplant patients, study finds

ScienceDaily (2010-05-31) -- 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 African Americans.

心臟移植後的存活率似乎與人種無關，主要可能與其保險系統。又：黑人接受換心手術者存活率較低？
(有別於以往的研究都是個別的研究中心，此次採樣大)




Journal Reference:
Jeremiah G. Allen, Eric S. Weiss, George J. Arnaoutakis, Stuart D. Russell, William A. Baumgartner, John V. Conte, Ashish S. Shah. The Impact of Race on Survival After Heart Transplantation: An Analysis of More Than 20,000 Patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2010; 89 (6): 1956 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.093