Does Inappropriate Use Explain Geographic Variations in the Use of Health Care Services?: A Study of Three Procedures

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 258, Issue 18, 1987, Pages 2533-2537

  Chassin, Mark R ^a   Kosecoff, Jacqueline ^a   Park, R E ^a   Winslow, Constance M ^a   Kahn, Katherine L ^a   Merrick, Nancy J ^a   Keesey, Joan ^a   Fink, Arlene ^a   Solomon, David H ^a   Brook, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA COLLECTION; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0023242365     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03400180067028     Document Type: Article

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