Disparities in pulmonary fibrosis care in the United States: an analysis from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

• Huvudskapare: Adam W. Gaffney (Författare, medförfattare), Steffie Woolhander (Författare, medförfattare), David Himmelstein (Författare, medförfattare), Danny McCormick (Författare, medförfattare)
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• Publicerad: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a disease with high morbidity and mortality. Care for these patients, including lung transplantation, may provide significant benefits, but is resource-intensive and expensive. Disadvantaged patients with IPF may hence be at risk for receiving inf...