Financial barriers to health care and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1063-1072

  Rahimi, Ali R ^a   Spertus, John A ^d,e,f   Reid, Kimberly J ^d,e   Bernheim, Susannah M ^b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,d,g  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Section of Geriatrics   (United States)

^c Section of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^g YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33947242276     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.10.1063     Document Type: Article

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