Gender Disparities in the Quality of Cardiovascular Disease Care in Private Managed Care Plans

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 120-130

  Chou, Ann F ^a   Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^b   Weisman, Carol S ^c   Bierman, Arlene S ^d   Correa de Araujo, Rosaly ^e   Mosca, Lori ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Office of Global Health Affairs   (United States)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34249651278     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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