Specialty of principal care physician and medicare expenditures in patients with coronary artery disease: Impact of comorbidity and severity

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 261-266

  McNamara, R L ^a   Powe, N R ^a   Thiemann, D R ^a   Shaffer, T ^a   Weller, W ^a   Anderson, G ^a  

^a Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035079589     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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