Applying the resource-based relative value scale to the emory angioplasty versus surgery trial

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 685-691

  Becker, Edmund R ^a   Mauldin, Patrick D ^b   Culler, Steven D ^a   Kosinski, Andrzej S ^a   Weintraub, William S ^a   King III, Spencer B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL FEE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034653319     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00841-3     Document Type: Article

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