Do cardioligists do it better?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 475-478

  Nash, Ira S ^a,c   Nash, David B ^b   Fuster, Valentin ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PENNSYLVANIA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0030615022     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00528-1     Document Type: Article

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