Two Years of Appropriateness Criteria for Echocardiography: What Have We Learned and What Else Do We Need to Do?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 800-802

  Martin, Nicole M ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 67649382487     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.05.024     Document Type: Editorial

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