Association of insurance status with inpatient treatment for coronary artery disease: Findings from the Get With the Guidelines program

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1026-1036

  Vidovich, Mladen I ^a   Vasaiwala, Samip ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Dai, David ^c   Hernandez, Adrian F ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952984909     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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