Fairness in the coronary angiography queue

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 813-817

  Alter, David A ^a   Basinski, Antoni S H ^b   Cohen, Eric A ^c   David Naylor, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RATING SCALE; TIME;

EID: 0033527376     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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