Recent Trends in Hospital Utilization for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Revascularization in the United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 749-753

  Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a,b   Young, Janet ^c   Gurm, Hitinder S ^b   Pickens, Gary ^c   Safavi, Kaveh ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Solucient   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847796146     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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