Exploring gender and socioeconomic differences in treatment of coronary heart disease

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 634-639

  Manderbacka, Kristiina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Equity; Health services research; Patient perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 29044445998     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki050     Document Type: Article

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