Inequality in access to CABG and PCI

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 321-322

  Svennevig, Jan L ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 12344271827     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430410016404     Document Type: Note

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