Does physician specialty affect the survival of elderly patients with myocardial infarction?

Health Services Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5 II SUPPL., 2000, Pages 1093-1116

  Frances, C D ^a   Shlipak, M G ^a   Noguchi, H ^a   Heidenreich, P A ^a   McClellan, M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular treatment effects; Instrumental variables methods; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034530113     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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