Gender equity in treatment for cardiac heart disease in Portugal

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-29

  Perelman, Julian ^a   Mateus, Céu ^a   Fernandes, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardio vascular disease; Equity; Gender; Gender equity; High technology treatment; Portugal

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EQUITY; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTUGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PORTUGAL; SEX FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 77953617939     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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