Regional and socioeconomic disparities in the treatment of unruptured cerebral aneurysms in the USA: 2000-2010

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 556-560

  Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Missios, Symeon ^b   Labropoulos, Nicos ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905914728     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010884     Document Type: Article

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