Open AccessSocioeconomic Status and Outcome Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients
Author(s) -
Sunil V. Rao,
Kevin A. Schulman,
Lesley H. Curtis,
Bernard J. Gersh,
James G. Jollis
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.164.10.1128
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , myocardial infarction , socioeconomic status , relative risk , demography , mortality rate , population , environmental health , sociology
Although the Medicare entitlement provides universal hospital care coverage for elderly Americans, disparities in care processes after acute myocardial infarction still exist. Whether these disparities account for increased mortality among elderly poor patients is not known.
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