Trends in echocardiography utilization in the Veterans Administration Healthcare System

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-483

  Okrah, Kingston ^a,b   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary ^a,b   Cram, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; VETERAN;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77649085019     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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