Effect of Difficulty Affording Health Care on Health Status After Coronary Revascularization
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Effect of difficulty affording health care on health status after coronary revascularization.
BACKGROUND An objective of the United States' Healthy People 2010 Initiative is to eliminate disparities based on socioeconomic status. We assessed the effect of difficulty affording health care on the health status (symptoms, function, and quality of life) of patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention or CABG. METHODS AND RESULTS A consecutive, single-center cohort of 480 patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.104.474775