Underuse and overuse of diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease in patients presenting with new-onset chest pain

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-398

  Carlisle, David M ^a,b   Leape, Lucian L ^a,d   Bickel, Steven ^b   Bell, Robert ^a   Kamberg, Caren ^a   Genovese, Barbara ^a   French, William J ^b   Kaushik, Vidya S ^b,c   Mahrer, Peter R ^d   Ellestad, Myrvin H ^d   Brook, Robert H ^a,b   Shapiro, Martin F ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; THORAX PAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033119456     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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