Inequality in treatment use among elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: USA, Belgium and Quebec

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Perelman, Julian ^a   Shmueli, Amir ^b   McDonald, Kathryn M ^c   Pilote, Louise ^d   Saynina, Olga ^c   Closon, Marie Christine ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART INFARCTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUEBEC; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549101732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-130     Document Type: Article

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