Socioeconomic inequities in invasive cardiac procedures after first myocardial infarction in Finland in 1995

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-308

  Hetemaa, Tiina ^a   Keskimäki, Ilmo ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Mähönen, Markku ^a   Manderbacka, Kristiina ^a   Koskinen, Seppo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac procedures; Finland; Myocardial infarction; Social inequity; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CENSUSES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1842453946     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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