Expansion of invasive cardiac services in the United States

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 803-810

  Horwitz, Jill R ^a,b   Nichols, Austin ^c   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^d,f   Sasson, Comilla ^g   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f VA CENTER FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; diffusion of innovation; geographic variation; percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARDIAC SERVICE; MEDICARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882885011     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000836     Document Type: Article

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