The impact of individual variation analysis on myocardial perfusion imaging utilization within a hospitalist group

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 190-193

  Bohossian, Hacho B ^a   Park, Allison W ^a   Holcroft, Christina ^b  

^a NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 84923842567     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2288     Document Type: Article

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