Acute myocardial infarction and race, sex, and insurance types: Unequal processes of care

Health Care Manager

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-222

  Condon, James V ^a   Miller, Kelly M ^a   Le, Anh H ^a   Quasem, Mohammed ^b   Looney, Stephen W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BENEDICT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Health care reimbursement; Quality of health care; Socioeconomic factors and health care; Unequal processes of health care

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 59449098055     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCM.0000285057.32235.5e     Document Type: Article

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