Differences in the effect of patients' socioeconomic status on the use of invasive cardiovascular procedures across health insurance categories

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1089-1092

  Carlisle, David M ^a,b   Leake, Barbara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031871473     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.7.1089     Document Type: Article

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