Applying appropriate-use criteria to cardiac revascularisation in India

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Sood, Neeraj ^a   Ugargol, Allen P ^b   Barnes, Kayleigh ^a   Mahajan, Anish ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SOCIAL INSURANCE; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84962464685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010345     Document Type: Article

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