Sex differences in health care-seeking behavior for acute coronary syndrome in a low income Country, Peru

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Pastorius Benziger, Catherine ^a,b   Bernabe Ortiz, Antonio ^b   Miranda, J Jaime ^b   Bukhman, Gene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; health care seeking behavior; health care survey; Latin America; myocardial infarction; perception

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERU; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 79959895144     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e318223e375     Document Type: Article

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