Differences in the use of procedures between women and men hospitalized for coronary heart disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 221-225

  Ayanian, John Z ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREJUDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0025787006     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199107253250401     Document Type: Article

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