Underuse of coronary revascularization procedures: Application of a clinical method

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 891-897

  Laouri, Marianne ^a   Kravitz, Richard L ^b   French, William J ^c   Yang, Irene ^a   Milliken, Jeffrey C ^d   Hilborne, Lee ^a   Wachsner, Robin ^e   Brook, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030981784     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00434-2     Document Type: Article

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