Comparison Of echocardiography request appropriateness between public And private hospitals

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-288

  Barbosa, Flávia Candolo Pupo ^a,b   Mesquita, Evandro Tinoco ^b   Barachi, Laiz Baniziolli ^b   Salgado, Angelo ^a   Kazuo, Rafael ^a   Rosa, Maria Luiza Garcia ^b   Mesquita, Claudio Tinoco ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hospitals; Medical examination policies; Private; Public; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 82755173924     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2011005000106     Document Type: Article

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