Likelihood of Treatment in a Coronary Care Unit for a First-Time Myocardial Infarction in Relation to Sex, Country of Birth and Socioeconomic Position in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Dong ^a   James, Stefan ^b   de Faire, Ulf ^a   Alfredsson, Lars ^a   Jernberg, Tomas ^a   Moradi, Tahereh ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; BIRTH; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARTURITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876728219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062316     Document Type: Article

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