Differences in cardiac stress testing by sex and race among Medicare beneficiaries

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 502-509

  Lucas, Frances Leslie ^a   Siewers, Andrea E ^a   DeLorenzo, Michael A ^a   Wennberg, David E ^a  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDUCATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34547928314     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.04.044     Document Type: Article

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