Trends in PCI volume after negative results from the COURAGE trial

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-170

  Howard, David H ^a   Shen, Yu Chu ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

access; demand; diffusion; Medical decision making; technology adoption; use; utilization of services

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HOSPITAL DISCHARGE SURVEY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS; DEMAND; DIFFUSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; USE; UTILIZATION OF SERVICES;

ANGINA PECTORIS; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENGLAND; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MARYLAND; NEW JERSEY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84892811422     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12082     Document Type: Article

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