Aspirin treatment after myocardial infarction: Are health maintenance organization members, women, and the elderly undertreated?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Hill, Jerrold W ^a   Roglieri, John L ^a,b   Warburton, Samuel W ^a,c  

^a NYLCare Health Plans Inc   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASPIRIN; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031903807     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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