National variations in the provision of cardiac services in the United Kingdom: Second report of the British Cardiac Society Working Group, 2005

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 873-878

  Boon, Nicholas ^a   Norell, M ^a   Hall, J ^a   Jennings, K ^a   Penny, L ^a   Wilson, C ^a   Chambers, J ^a   Weston, R ^a  

^a British Cardiovascular Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST OF ILLNESS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONSULTANTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STENTS;

EID: 33745677782     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.096255     Document Type: Review

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