A new approach to the comparative analysis of health systems: Invasive treatment for heart disease in the US, France, and their two world cities

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-92

  Gusmano, Michael K ^a   Rodwin, Victor G ^b   Weisz, Daniel ^c   Das, Dhiman ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Longevity Center   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54649083202     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174413310600627X     Document Type: Article

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