New cardiac surgery programs established from 1993 to 2004 led to little increased access, substantial duplication of services

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1569-1574

  Lucas, Frances Leslie ^a   Siewers, Andrea ^a   Goodman, David C ^b   Wang, Dongmei ^c   Wennberg, David E ^d  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d Health Dialog Analytic Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TIME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855182222     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0210     Document Type: Article

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