Queuing for coronary angiography during severe supply-demand mismatch in a US public hospital: Analysis of a waiting list registry

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-152

  Rosanio, Salvatore ^a,b   Tocchi, Monica ^a,b   Cutler, David ^a,c   Uretsky, Barry F ^a   Stouffer, George A ^a   DeFilippi, Christopher R ^a   MacInerney, Edward J ^a   Runge, Susan R ^a   Aaron, Joann ^a   Otero, Javier ^a   Garg, Sandeep ^a,d   Runge, Marschall S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Cleveland Clinic Akron General   (United States)

^d Cardiac Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0033554095     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.2.145     Document Type: Article

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