Addressing overuse of medical services one decision at a time

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1092-1093

  Lin, Grace A ^a,b   Redberg, Rita F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

TROPONIN;

CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; TROPONIN;

EID: 84937509642     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1693     Document Type: Editorial

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