Relation of Race and Sex to the Use of Reperfusion Therapy in Medicare Beneficiaries with Acute Myocardial Infarction
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- 13 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (15) , 1094-1100
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200004133421505
Abstract
There are few reports describing the combined influence of the race and sex of a patient on the use of reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction.Keywords
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