Overuse of tympanostomy tubes in New York metropolitan area: Evidence from five hospital cohort

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7675, 2008, Pages 918-921

  Keyhani, Salomeh ^a   Kleinman, Lawrence C ^a   Rothschild, Michael ^a   Bernstein, Joseph M ^b   Anderson, Rebecca ^a   Chassin, Mark ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Joint Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; NEW YORK CITY; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 54549089995     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1607     Document Type: Article

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