Medicare claims for myocardial infarction as primary vs. secondary diagnosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 182, Issue C, 2015, Pages 412-413

  Shroff, Gautam R ^a   Solid, Craig A ^b   Herzog, Charles A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947202981     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.141     Document Type: Article

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