Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals
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A retrospective study of 42,737 Medicare beneficiaries who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and 26,274 who underwent coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) during 2000 and 2001 in specialty cardiac hospitals and general hospitals in the same markets is conducted. The lower unadjusted mortality rate after their healthier patients and higher procedural volumes account for cardiac revascularization in specialty cardiac hospitals.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2005
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Certificate of need regulations and use of coronary revascularization after acute myocardial infarction
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Certificate of need regulations emerged in the 1970s as a mechanism to control health care expenditures and the diffusion of costly technologies, and are administered by states and require hospitals to obtain approval prior to establishing certain clinical services, such as coronary revascularization. Certificates of need are effective in limiting the expansion of some services and promote the development of clinical centers of excellence.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
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Differences in mortality and use of revascularization in black and white patients with acute MI admitted to hospitals with and without revascularization services
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A research is conducted to find the rates of hospital transfer, coronary revascularization and mortality after after acute myocardial infarction for black and white patients.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2007
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