Hospital variation in the use of noninvasive cardiac imaging and its association with downstream testing, interventions, and outcomes

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 546-553

  Safavi, Kyan C ^a   Li, Shu Xia ^a,b   Dharmarajan, Kumar ^b,c   Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a   Strait, Kelly M ^a,b   Lin, Haiqun ^b,d   Lowe, Timothy J ^e   Fazel, Reza ^f   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^g,h   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Premier   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETERIZATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBSERVATION UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; THORAX PAIN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898419076     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14407     Document Type: Article

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