Influence of insurance type on the use of procedures, medications and hospital outcome in patients with unstable angina: Results from the GUARANTEE Registry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 387-392

  Every, Nathan R ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^b   Granger, Christopher ^c   Moliterno, David J ^d   Aguirre, Frank V ^e   Talley, J David ^f   Booth, Joan ^d   Sapp, Shelly ^d   Ferguson, James J ^g  

^a Veteran's Administration Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^g TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ASPIRIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032145673     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00254-X     Document Type: Article

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