Insurance and education determine survival in infantile coarctation of the aorta

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 400-411

  Kuehl, Karen S ^a   Baffa, Jeanne M ^b   Chase, Gary A ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Henry Ford Transplant Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Health insurance; Physician practice patterns; Poor and minority children; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC COARCTATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MARYLAND; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0034321475     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0761     Document Type: Article

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