Impact of race and age on the effects of regionalization of cardiac procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 982-987

  Mirvis, David M ^a   Graney, Marshall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0032522402     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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