Gender Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Care Among Commercial and Medicare Managed Care Plans

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-149

  Chou, Ann F ^a   Wong, Lok ^b   Weisman, Carol S ^c   Chan, Sophia ^b   Bierman, Arlene S ^d   Correa de Araujo, Rosaly ^e   Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^f  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Office of Global Health Affairs   (United States)

^f NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 34249684859     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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