Chest pain syndromes are associated with high rates of recidivism and costs in young United States Veterans Epidemiology and research methodology in primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Safdar, Basmah ^a,b   Dziura, James ^a,b,c   Bathulapalli, Harini ^b,e   Leslie, Douglas L ^d   Skanderson, Melissa ^b   Brandt, Cynthia ^a,b   Haskell, Sally G ^b,e  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Costs; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84937413087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0287-9     Document Type: Article

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