Geographic variation in invasive cardiac procedure rates in New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-217

  Weerasinghe, Daminda P ^b   Yusuf, Farhat ^a   Parr, Nicholas J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; CABG; PCI; Small area analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77954954662     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-009-0296-z     Document Type: Article

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