Variation among hospitals in coronary-angiography practices and outcomes after myocardial infarction in a large health maintenance organization

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 25, 1996, Pages 1888-1896

  Selby, Joe V ^a   Fireman, Bruce H ^a   Lundstrom, Robert J ^b   Swain, Bix E ^a   Truman, Alison F ^a   Wong, Candice C ^c   Froelicher, Erika S ^c   Barron, Hal V ^d   Hlatky, Mark A ^e  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 0029856355     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199612193352506     Document Type: Article

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