Cardiac Certificate of Need regulations and the availability and use of revascularization services

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 767-775

  Ho, Vivian ^a,b   Ross, Joseph S ^c,d   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^f,g,h  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CERTIFICATE OF NEED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; MEDICARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548716489     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.06.031     Document Type: Article

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