Inappropriate use of the appropriate use criteria (AUC) as a guide for reimbursement

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 559-561

  Feldman, Dmitriy N ^a   Naidu, Srihari S ^b   Duffy, Peter L ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CORONARY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; REGISTRIES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907630472     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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