Variations between clinical trial participants and medicare beneficiaries in evidence used for medicare national coverage decisions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-140

  Dhruva, Sanket S ^b   Redberg, Rita F ^a,c  

^a Women's Cardiovascular Services

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749146467     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.56     Document Type: Article

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