Coronary heart disease: Sexual bias in referral for coronary angiogram. How does it work in a state-run health system?

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-34

  Hochleitner, Margarethe ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AUSTRIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0033622350     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152460900318920     Document Type: Article

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