Association of socioeconomic position and medical insurance with fetal diagnosis of critical congenital Heart Disease

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-360

  Peiris, Vasum ^a,b   Singh, Tajinder P ^a,b   Tworetzky, Wayne ^a,b   Chong, Erin C ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Brown, David W ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Congenital; Echocardiography; Heart defects; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75249106662     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.802868     Document Type: Article

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