Hospital transfer of patients with acute myocardial infarction: The effects of age, race, and insurance type

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 528-534

  Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a,b   Goldberg, Robert J ^a,b   Malmgren, Judith A ^c   Barron, Hal V ^d,e   Tiefenbrunn, Alan J ^f   Frederick, Paul D F ^g   Gore, Joel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HealthStat Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036095193     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01072-0     Document Type: Article

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