Geographic disparities in the incidence and outcomes of hospitalized myocardial infarction: Does a rising tide lift all boats?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-204

  Yeh, Robert W ^a   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b,c   Wang, Yun ^c   Barr, Christopher D ^b,d   Dominici, Francesca ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Medicare; Myocardial infarction; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860847492     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.962456     Document Type: Article

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