The association between the on-site availability of cardiac procedures and the utilization of those services for acute myocardial infarction by payer group

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 519-524

  Canto, John G ^a   Rogers, William J ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^b   Roseman, Jeffrey M ^a   French, William J ^c   Gore, Joel M ^d   Chandra, Nisha C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Southcreek Park   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary arteriography; Health insurance; Payer status

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0032770685     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960220806     Document Type: Article

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