Variations in use of cardiology services in a health authority: Comparison of coronary artery revascularisation rates with prevalence of angina and coronary mortality

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7076, 1997, Pages 257-261

  Payne, Nick ^a   Saul, Carol ^a  

^a Sheffield Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031023891     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7076.257     Document Type: Article

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