Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 139-149 , May 2007

Gender Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Care Among Commercial and Medicare Managed Care Plans

  • Ann F. Chou, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health and College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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  • Lok Wong, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Carol S. Weisman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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  • Sophia Chan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Arlene S. Bierman, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Faculties of Medicine and Nursing, University of Toronto and Centre for Inner City Health Research, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Americas, Office of the Secretary, Office of Global Health Affairs, Rockville, Maryland
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  • Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Sarah Hudson Scholle, The National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2000 L St., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036.

Received 12 January 2007 ,Accepted 22 March 2007.

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PII: S1049-3867(07)00055-2

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.03.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 139-149 , May 2007

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