Socioeconomic status and prevalence of congenital heart defects: Does universal access to health care system eliminate the gap?

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1011-1018

  Agha, Mohammad M ^a,b,c   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c,d   Moineddin, Rahim ^a,b,d   Moore, Aideen M ^d,e   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to health care system; Congenital anomalies; Congenital heart defects; Socioeconomic status; Time Trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 83655169759     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.22857     Document Type: Article

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