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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 4;2(5):101065.
doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101065. eCollection 2023 Sep-Oct.

The Importance of Equity in Health Care

Vinayak Nagaraja  1 , Sonya Burgess  2   3
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Editorial

The Importance of Equity in Health Care

Vinayak Nagaraja et al. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. .
No abstract available

Keywords: diabetes; ethnicity; gender; health care inequity; minority women; outcomes; sex.

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  • Influence of Race/Ethnicity and Sex on Coronary Stent Outcomes in Diabetic Patients.
    Epps K, Goel R, Mehran R, Kandzari D, Damluji A, Tehrani B, Sherwood M, Truesdell A, Davis S, Wang JC, Lopez M, Singh S, Underwood P, Allocco D, Batchelor W. Epps K, et al. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2023 Sep-Oct;2(5):101053. doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101053. Epub 2023 Aug 4. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2023. PMID: 38469035 Free PMC article.

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