Variations in the use of cardiac procedures in the Veterans Health Administration

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 706-713

  Mirvis, D M ^a   Graney, M J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; MANAGED CARE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER;

EID: 0032941329     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70227-9     Document Type: Article

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