Rising rates of cardiac procedures in the United States and Canada: Too much of a good thing?

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-335

  Ayanian, John Z ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bypass; Catheterization; Editorials; Stents

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CORONARY STENT; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MONEY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MORTALITY; NOTE; STATISTICS; STENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; STENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644871999     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.598789     Document Type: Editorial

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