Trends in the overuse of ambulatory health care services in the United States

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-148

  Kale, Minal S ^a   Bishop, Tara F ^b   Federman, Alex D ^a   Keyhani, Salomeh ^c,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873480449     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.1022     Document Type: Article

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