Concordance of physician ratings with the appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularization

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1546-1553

  Chan, Paul S ^a,b   Brindis, Ralph G ^c,d   Cohen, David J ^a,b   Jones, Philip G ^a   Gialde, Elizabeth ^a   Bach, Richard G ^d,e   Curtis, Jeptha ^f   Bethea, Charles F ^g   Shelton, Marc E ^h   Spertus, John A ^a,b  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^e BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; appropriateness; coronary revascularization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CRITERION VARIABLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 79953225534     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.10.050     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Fitch K, Bernstein S, Aguilar M, et al. The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User's Manual. Arlington, VA: RAND, 2001.