Racial and sex differences in refusal of coronary angiography

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 200-207

  Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,b   Shlipak, Michael G ^e   Geppert, Jeffrey ^d   McClellan, Mark ^b,c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0037102003     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01221-4     Document Type: Article

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