Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: Cardiac management by pediatricians versus pediatric cardiologists in an inpatient academic center

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 424-429

  Benun, Jacques ^a,b   Fisher, Stacy D ^c,g   Orav, E John ^d   Schwartz, Marcy L ^e,f   Exil, Vernat ^a,b   Messere, Christine ^e   Lipshultz, Steven E ^{a,b,c,e,f,g,h}  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DISEASE; HEART MURMUR; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART MURMURS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0037351118     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.173     Document Type: Article

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