Opening of specialty cardiac hospitals and use of coronary revascularization in medicare beneficiaries

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 962-968

  Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a,b   Rogers, Mary A M ^b   Chernew, Michael E ^c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^d   Eagle, Kim A ^b   Birkmeyer, John D ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33847751482     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.9.962     Document Type: Article

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