Proliferation of cardiac technology in Canada: A challenge to the sustainability of medicare

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 380-387

  Alter, David A ^a,b,c,d   Stukel, Therese A ^a,b   Newman, Alice ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Epidemiology; Tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; MONEY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE;

EID: 33644871998     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.560466     Document Type: Article

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