Relation of gender and health insurance to cardiovascular procedure use in persons with progression of chronic renal disease

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 354-365

  Daumit, Gail L ^a,c   Hermann, Judith A ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cardiovascular disease; Chronic renal failure; End stage renal disease; Gender; Health insurance; Medicare; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034168034     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200004000-00002     Document Type: Article

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