No pain, but no gain? the disappearance of angina hospitalizations, 1992-1999

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1106-1110

  Saver, Barry G ^a   Dobie, Sharon A ^b   Green, Pamela K ^b   Wang, Ching Yun ^c   Baldwin, Laura Mae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Health services accessibility; Hospitalization; Ischemic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; REVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349656497     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31819e1f53     Document Type: Article

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