Neighborhood income, health insurance, and prehospital delay for myocardial infarction: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1874-1879

  Foraker, Randi E ^a   Rose, Kathryn M ^a   McGinn, Aileen P ^c   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^a   Goff Jr , David C ^d   Whitsel, Eric A ^a,b   Wood, Joy L ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX PAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52649141119     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.17.1874     Document Type: Article

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