Universal health insurance coverage does not eliminate inequities in access to cardiac procedures after acute myocardial infarction
American Heart JournalPublished 1 December 2003
Louise Pilote, Lawrence Joseph, Patrick Bélisle, John R. Penrod
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It was found that in the universal health care system of Canada, access to cardiac catheterization after AMI varied according to SES, and among those with cardiacCatheterization, SES did not appear to influence further use of revascularization procedures.
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We found that in the universal health care system of Canada, access to cardiac catheterization after AMI varied according to SES. Among those with cardiac catheterization, SES did not appear to influence further use of revascularization procedures.
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