Appropriateness of coronary revascularization for patients with chronic stable angina or following an acute myocardial infarction: Multinational versus Dutch criteria

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-109

  Bernstein, Steven J ^a,b,c,h   Lázaro, Paolo ^c,d   Fitch, Kathryn ^c,d   Aguilar, María Dolores ^c,d   Rigter, Henk ^e,f   Kahan, James P ^g  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Tecnicas Avanzadas de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud TAISS   (Spain)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Europe; Health policy; Percutaneous transluminal; Practice patterns; Quality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORPHOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURGEON; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0036202175     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.intqhc.a002596     Document Type: Article

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