Effect of physician specialty on treatment recommendation to patients with coronary artery disease

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 190-198

  McDonnell, Joseph ^a   Meijler, Annejet P ^a   Kahan, James P ^b   Rigter, Henk ^a   Bernstein, Steven J ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary revascularization; Physician specialty; Treatment recommendation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034067690     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300161161     Document Type: Article

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