Regional Variation in Cardiac Catheterization Appropriateness and Baseline Risk After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 716-723

  Ko, Dennis T ^a,b   Wang, Yongfei ^c   Alter, David A ^b   Curtis, Jeptha P ^c   Rathore, Saif S ^c   Stukel, Therese A ^b   Masoudi, Fredrick A ^d   Ross, Joseph S ^e   Foody, JoAnne M ^c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,f  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Section of Health Policy and Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VARIANCE;

AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949143995     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.10.039     Document Type: Article

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