Regional Variation in Angiography, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Manitoba, 1987 to 1992: The Funnel Effect

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1022-1032

  Hartford, Kathleen ^a,c   Roos, Leslie L ^b   Walld, Randy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Health services research; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032112665     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199807000-00009     Document Type: Article

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