The health care burden of acute chest pain

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-230

  Goodacre, Steve ^a   Cross, E ^a   Arnold, J ^b   Angelini, K ^b   Capewell, S ^c   Nicholl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 12744279568     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.027599     Document Type: Article

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