Does supplemental private insurance affect care of Medicare recipients hospitalized for myocardial infarction?

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Published in Am J Public Health on May 01, 2004

Authors

Jing Fang1, Michael H Alderman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. fang@aecom.yu.edu

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