Appropriateness of coronary angiography after myocardial infarction among medicare beneficiaries: Managed care versus fee for service

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 1460-1466

  Guadagnoli, Edward ^a   Landrum, Mary Beth ^a   Peterson, Eric A ^b   Gahart, Martin T ^b   Ryan, Thomas J ^c   McNeil, Barbara J ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b US General Accounting Office   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034676549     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200011163432006     Document Type: Article

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