Lack of an association between Medicare supplemental insurance and delay in seeking emergency care for patients with myocardial infarction

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-387

  Ho, P Michael ^a   Rumsfeld, John S ^a,b   Lyons, Ella ^c   Every, Nathan R ^d   Magid, David J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036784088     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(02)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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