Universal health care no guarantee of equity: Comparison of socioeconomic inequalities in the receipt of coronary procedures in patients with acute myocardial infarction and angina

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Korda, Rosemary J ^a   Clements, Mark S ^b   Kelman, Chris W ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 76149101245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-460     Document Type: Article

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