A comparison of cardiologist and noncardiologist use of echocardiograms: Implications for containing health care costs

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 802-805

  Vaghari, Benjamin A ^a   Goldman, Martin E ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Echocardiography; Health care costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33749007127     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 00272507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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