A cooperative care model: Cardiologists and hospitalists reduce length of stay in a chest pain observation unit

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-58

  Krantz, Mori J ^a,b   Zwang, Oren ^a   Rowan, Shane B ^a   Cleary, Barbara ^a   Chu, Eugene ^a   Reid, Mark B ^a   Cantrill, Stephen V ^a   Havranek, Edward P ^a   Albert, Richard K ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain centers; Hospitalists

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 21344441449     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75     Document Type: Article

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