Adherence to Appropriateness Criteria for Transthoracic Echocardiography: Comparisons Between a Regional Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Academic Practice and Between Physicians and Mid-Level Providers

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 793-799

  Willens, Howard J ^a   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a   Heldman, Alan ^a   Chakko, Simon ^a   Postel, Cheryl ^a   Hasan, Tahira ^a   Mohammed, Fareed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness criteria; Mid level providers; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VETERAN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLORIDA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 67649298026     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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