Effect of socioeconomic deprivation on waiting time for cardiac surgery: Retrospective cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7226, 2000, Pages 15-18

  Pell, Jill P ^a   Pell, Alastair C H ^b   Norrie, John ^c   Ford, Ian ^c   Cobbe, Stuart M ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0034063148     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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