Underuse of invasive procedures among medicaid patients with acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1082-1088

  Philbin, E F ^a   McCullough, P A ^a   DiSalvo, T G ^a   Dec, G W ^a   Jenkins, P L ^a   Weaver, W D ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0034967429     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.7.1082     Document Type: Article

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