Access to myocardial revascularization procedures: Closing the gap with time?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vanasse, Alain ^a,b   Niyonsenga, Théophile ^b,c   Courteau, Josiane ^b   Hemiari, Abbas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUEBEC; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646359453     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-60     Document Type: Article

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