The association between local diagnostic testing intensity and invasive cardiac procedures

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1161-1164

  Wennberg, David E ^a,b   Kellett, Merle A ^a,b   Dickens, John D ^a   Malenka, David J ^c   Keilson, Leonard M ^a   Keller, Robert B ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Maine Medical Assessment Foundation   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0029864126     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.15.1161     Document Type: Article

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