Continuous quality improvement initiatives in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Can we have our cake and eat it too?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 429-430

  Mukherjee, Debabrata ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747594570     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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