Inequality in access to coronary revascularization in Sweden

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 334-339

  Haglund, Bengt ^a   Köster, Max ^a   Nilsson, Tage ^b   Rosén, Måns ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT RIGHT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 12344307023     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430410021516     Document Type: Article

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