Does ageism affect the management of ischaemic heart disease?

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-47

  Bond, Matthew ^a,f   Bowling, Ann ^a,f   McKee, Dorothy ^b   Kennelly, Marian ^a,f   Banning, Adrian P ^b   Dudley, Nigel ^c   Elder, Andrew ^d   Martin, Anthony ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037231047     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/13558190360468218     Document Type: Article

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