Certificate of need regulation and cardiac catheterization appropriateness after acute myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1012-1019

  Ross, Joseph S ^a,b   Ho, Vivian ^c   Wang, Yongfei ^d   Cha, Stephen S ^d   Epstein, Andrew J ^d   Masoudi, Frederick A ^e,f   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^g,h   Krumholz, Harlan M ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Certificate of need; Government regulation; Myocardial infarction; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERTIFICATE OF NEED; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847290801     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.658377     Document Type: Article

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