Influence of gender, race, and education on patient preferences and receipt of cardiac catheterizations among coronary care unit patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 996-1001

  Schecter, Alison D ^b   Goldschmidt Clermont, Pascal J ^b   McKee, Glenda ^b   Hoffeld, Donna ^b   Myers, Mary ^b   Velez, Roseann ^b   Duran, Julieta ^b   Schulman, Steven P ^b   Chandra, Nisha G ^b   Ford, Daniel E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BALTIMORE; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 10644249271     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00523-1     Document Type: Article

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