Gender differences in hospital mortality and use of percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: Microsimulation analysis of the 1999 nationwide French hospitals database

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 833-839

  Milcent, Carine ^a,b,f   Dormont, Brigitte ^c   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^d   Steg, Philippe Gabriel ^e  

^a Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c Institute of Health Economics and Management   (Switzerland)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Epidemiology; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Revascularization; Sex; Women

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DATABASES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847159564     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.664979     Document Type: Article

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