Gender and the treatment of heart disease in older persons in the United States, France, and England: A comparative, population-based view of a clinical phenomenon

Gender Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-40

  Weisz, Daniel ^a   Gusmano, Michael K ^a   Rodwin, Victor G ^a,b  

^a International Longevity Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; Coronary disease treatment; Gender disparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 13244268416     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(04)80008-1     Document Type: Article

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