Geography and service supply do not explain socioeconomic gradients in angiography use after acute myocardial infarction

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-264

  Alter, David A ^a,c   Naylor, C David ^a,b,d   Austin, Peter C ^a,b   Chan, Benjamin T B ^a,b,e   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Schulich Heart Centre   (Canada)

^d Division of General Internal Medicine   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037418074     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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