What alters physicians' decisions to admit to the coronary care unit?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Green, Lee ^a,b,d   Mehr, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary care units; Medical decision making; Physicians' practice patterns

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030848454     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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