Variations in use of tertiary cardiac services in part of North-West England

Health and Place

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-153

  Gatrell, Anthony ^a   Lancaster, Gillian ^b   Chapple, Alison ^c   Horsley, Stephen ^d   Smith, Mark ^e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Morecambe Bay Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^e East Lancashire Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Material deprivation; Tertiary cardiac services

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ASIAN; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STATE MEDICINE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

ACCESSIBILITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION;

ENGLAND (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036312067     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(01)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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