Impact of Socioeconomic Deprivation and Area of Residence on Access to Coronary Revascularization and Mortality After a First Acute Myocardial Infarction in Québec

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-177

  Blais, Claudia ^a,b   Hamel, Denis ^a   Rinfret, Stéphane ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POVERTY; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84858618562     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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