Potential generation of geographical inequities by the introduction of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for the management of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pereira, Augustine ^a   Niggebrugge, Aphrodite ^b   Powles, John ^c   Kanka, David ^d   Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Eastern Region Public Health Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Suffolk Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36549033329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-43     Document Type: Article

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