Under use of coronary angiography: Application of a clinical method

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-22

  Laouri, Marianne ⁱ   Kravitz, Richard L ^a,b   Bernstein, Steven J ^c   French, William J ^d   Leake, Barbara ^d   Borowsky, Steven J ^e   Julian Haywood, L ^a,f   Brook, Robert H ^a,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ PacifiCare Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN;

EID: 0030925209     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/9.1.15     Document Type: Article

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